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butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option with similar texture.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index while brown sugar is often less expensive.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: erythritol

💰Cheaper: cornstarch

Erythritol is a sugar substitute for a lower-calorie option.

food coloring

🥗Healthier: natural food dyes

💰Cheaper: none

Natural dyes are made from fruits and vegetables.

Set the oven to 375°F (190°C).

In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of unsalted butter and 1.5 cups of granulated sugar, then cream together until well mixed.

Crack 1 egg into a separate bowl to check for shells, then add it to the mixing bowl.

Crack 1 egg yolk, letting the egg white fall into the separate bowl, then add the yolk to the mixing bowl.

Add 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the mixture and mix well.

In a separate bowl, mix 2.5 cups of all-purpose flour with 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 0.5 teaspoon of kosher salt.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Divide the dough in half and wrap each half in cling wrap, forming them into balls.

Refrigerate the dough for about 20 minutes to chill.

Flour a pastry mat and rolling pin, then roll out half of the chilled cookie dough to about 1 inch thick.

Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the dough, placing them onto a parchment-lined baking tray.

Sprinkle green icing sugar on the shamrock cookies and edible gold glitter on the coin cookies.

Bake in the oven for 9 minutes.

Let the cookies cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

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