Leprechaun Patties (Baileys Chocolate Mint Filled Sable Cookies)
 
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Leprechaun Patties || Dark Chocolate Baileys Sable Cookies with Mint Cream Filling by SouthernFATTY.com
Serves: ~ 30 cookie sandwiches
Ingredients
Sable Cookies
  • 1 cup + 1 tablespoon flour, all-purpose
  • 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 8 tablespoons butter, unsalted, room temperature
  • ⅔ cup sugar, best with our Vanilla Sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
  • 2-3 tablespoons Baileys Irish Cream (alternatively 1 teaspoon vanilla)
Mint Cream
  • 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted, room temperature
  • ¼ cup shortening
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon mint extract (alternatively 2 teaspoons vanilla extract)
  • ~2 tablespoons milk
  • green food coloring, optional
Instructions
Sable Cookies
  1. Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Set aside.
  2. In mixer beat butter, sugar and salt together until light and fluffy.
  3. Add egg yolk and Baileys (or vanilla) and mix well.
  4. Add dry flour/cocoa mix in batches until combined.
  5. Mix in semi-sweet chocolate (grated fine or pulsed as fine as you can get it in food processor first).
  6. Ball dough on plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to chill.
  7. Roll out and punch cookies or roll into tube and cut cookies off (I went with between 1?4 and ⅛ inch cookies).
  8. Bake at 350 for about 8 minutes for thinner, 10 for thicker.
  9. Cool on pan until stiff enough to move.
Cream Filling
  1. Place butter and shortening in mixer bowl and mix together.
  2. Slowly add powdered sugar and extract.
  3. When combined, beat on high speed for about 2-3 minutes until fluffy.
  4. Add milk by tablespoon until desired texture.
  5. Fill cooled cookies with cream.
  6. Enjoy! Visit SouthernFATTY.com for more.
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Recipe by Southern FATTY at https://www.southernfatty.com/leprechaun-patties/