Yesterday was Valentine's Day, so I decided to do some baking before Scott got home from feeding other happy couples. His mom got us a calendar for Christmas that includes recipes each month - February's being for sugar cookies. Turns out, you can order the recipe as a print for just $24 from Lily & Val directly. For icing, I followed a basic icing recipe found here. These cookies are kind of perfectly sweet and buttery, where you realize you have had 5 and should probably stop so you don't die.
To make them you will need:
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
To get started:
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Add vanilla and egg and mix thoroughly.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking powder.
- Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine into a dough.
- Roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin and cut into hearts.
- Bake at 400 F for 7 minutes.
For the icing, mix together the following:
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- food colouring
When they come out they are very soft, but harden up as they cool to a nice cookie consistency. You need to wait for them to cool before icing them. To ice them, I just dipped them into the icing, then let it set. Enjoy!
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