Happy St. Patty's Day!

I really wasn't planning on making St. Patrick's Day cookies this week. With Ron away on business this week and my Boston Terrier having health problems, cookies were the furthest thing from my mind. Yesterday was a rough day (personal things I don't think belong on a baking blog) and so how do I de-stress? By baking of course. So I came home and whipped up a batch of granola bars. But that only takes 25 minutes. So I decided to make some cookies for tomorrow. Since I really liked the little white puppies I made for the March of Dimes, I decided to make them again, this time with green collars. Then I did the obvious choice of shamrocks and Irish flags. What lucky co-workers I have that can benefit from my stress!

March of Dimes cookies

*UPDATE: They sold like hotcakes! Thanks to all who bought and supported the cause!

A few weeks ago I was asked to donate some of my cookies for a March of Dimes bake sale. Of course I obliged. I made seven dozen cookies for the bake sale and the biggest decision was what designs to do. The colors of the March of Dimes are purple and white, so there was my color scheme. After going through my sack of cookie cutters, I decided on the MoD logo, tulips, and puppies. And a square whose design was tbd. I ended up doing a lot of marbling, polka dots and plaid on the squares. I hope they sell well tomorrow!