Root Beer Cookies

St. Patrick's Day has come and gone. We had a work potluck at work to celebrate. So when i was wracking my brain trying to figure out what to bring to it the only thing that makes me thing of St. Patrick's Day was beer. However, you cant bring that to work let alone a workplace that is based on getting people sober. So i picked the next best thing: Root Beer Cookies.

I made these cookies for the potluck and they turned out edible...but i didn't think they were amazing. I don't know if it was due to feeling under the weather so the cookies weren't baked with love or if it was just due to the first time having made them, but i wasn't satisfied with the turnout.

I made them a second time over the weekend while i was home visiting family. My aunts told me they thought the Root Beer Cookies sounded good and asked for the recipe...I decided why just give them the recipe when I am home and can make them myself! This time the cookies were FANTASTIC!! A million times better. Again I don't know if it was that I felt better or what it was experience with the recipe, but they were far better than edible, they were scrumptious!

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

3/4 tablespoon Root Beer Concentrate or Extract

4 Cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Frosting

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened

3 tablespoons water

1 1/4 teaspoon Root Beer Concentrate or Extract

Preheat 375

Bake for 10-12 Minutes

The dough for these cookies comes out like a sticky mousse. I recommend having a cookies scoop for these or your hands will be a total mess. I added a touch more extract to the frosting the second time to give them a little extra flavor.

I am not sure why but the flavor of these cookies is better the second day!

P.S. These are not the most attractive cookies....pretend you're blind and your taste buds will be in HEAVEN!!