Shamrock Gooey Butter Cookies – Best Ever {from scratch!}

INGREDIENTS

2 1/4 cups

organic all-purpose flour, such as King Arthur Flour®

2 tsp

(about 8 grams) baking powder

(8-ounce/226-gram) package cream cheese, such as Philadelphia®, softened

1/2 cup

(1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups

granulated sugar

2 tsp

pure vanilla extract

1 tsp

pure mint extract (not peppermint), such as McCormick®

Natural green food coloring, gel based, such as CHEFMASTER®

1 tsp

kosher salt, or ¾ teaspoon regular table salt

large egg plus 1 large egg yolk (mine weighed 74 grams w/o shells)

1 cup

confectioners’ sugar, sifted, for rolling & dusting cookies