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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 2. Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl. | 3. Set the bowl aside for now. | 4. Cut up the butter into small chunks and put in a medium-sized microwave safe bowl. | 5. Microwave for 30 seconds on high. | 6. Remove bowl from microwave and stir in sugar until creamy and smooth. | 7. Add eggs into mixture one at a time, until fluffy. | 8. Add shredded coconut to wet mixture and stir until evenly dispersed. | 9. Add vanilla and lemon extract to mixture. | 10. Pour in green food dye and mix until the mixture is an even shade of green. | 11. Mix wet mixture into the dry mix bowl about a quarter at a time until empty. | 12. Knead with your hands about 5 minutes until dough is smooth and roll into ball. | 13. Put in bowl and cover with plastic wrap. | 14. Refrigerate for 1 hour. | 15. Roll dough into small balls of about 2 tablespoons of dough. | 16. Take three of the dough balls and gently push together into a shamrock shape. | 17. Place on a greased cookie sheet about half an inch apart. | 18. Bake for 10-13 minutes. | 19. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before eating. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	3 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	2	cups	granulated	639.6	120.016	20.02	9.984
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
coconut	1/2	cup	flaked	141.6	6.0920000000000005	1.3319999999999999	13.395999999999999
green food coloring	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	tablespoon		37.44	1.6445	0.0078	0.0078
lemon extract	1/2	teaspoon		0.47	0.16	0.015	0.003

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.