A young friend of mine needed some ideas for a homemade Valentine's gift for his girlfriend....very compelling idea Dave. So, we started with decorated sugar cookies.Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup shortening or butter ( or a third of a cup of each)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 and 1/4 cups flour
- 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl cream the shortening and the sugar. Add the eggs, extract, and milk. In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients together then add them to the large bowl. Mix with an electric mixer until well combined. Use your hands to shape the dough into 3 flattened disks of dough. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least a half an hour. When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Cover your cookie sheets with parchment paper. With a rolling pin, roll 1/3 of the dough at a time, while keeping the rest refrigerated. For crisp cookies, roll the dough very thinly. For softer cookies, roll from 1/8 " to 1/4" thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut the shape you prefer; in this case I made lips. (Thanks for the awesome cookie cutter Jude!) Re-roll the trimmings and cut more cookies.
Place the cookies 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake 8 minutes or until very light brown. Remove the cookies from the pan to racks to cool. When cool, the cookies can be iced and decorated. This recipe makes a lot of cookies.
Editorial Note: I would like to thank my cookie decorators for their brilliant work with the icing. Given your previous success with Christmas cookies, it may be just about time for you to start your own TV reality show on the Food Network.....'We've got Cookies Covered.'
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