Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies (2024)

Prep Time 6 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Cool completely 10 minutes mins

Total Time 6 hours hrs 50 minutes mins

Servings 24

Cuisine American

Course Dessert

Calories 293

• ▢ Cookie Ingredients:
• ▢ 5 C flour
• ▢ 2 tsp baking powder
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened at room temperature
• ▢ 2 cups granulated sugar
• ▢ 4 eggs
• ▢ Icing Ingredients:
• ▢ 2 egg whites
• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• ▢ Gel Food Coloring

• COOKIE INSTRUCTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

• Cream the softbutter with the sugar until the combinationis smooth not grainy to the touchin a mixing bowl.

• Add all 4 eggs at one time. Continue to mix.

• Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.

• Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.

• Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight.

• Check to see if the dough is firm. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.

• Putflour out on the wood cutting board,rub flour on therolling pin, andwork some flour into the batter (if needed), a heart cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.

• Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.

• Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.

• Bake at 325 degrees F for 8-10 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges.

• Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.

• Takethe cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.(About 10 minutes).

• ICING INSTRUCTIONS:

• Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring). If icing is not stiff enough add ¼ C powdered sugar until the icing is to a 15 second consistency. Which means that when you slice a spatula across the top of the icing, it would take 15 seconds to disappear.

• Separate the icing into 5 small bowls. Mix the icing with the food gel coloring of your choice. I used for the cookies – pastel colors: pink, yellow, purple and green and then the final bowl is for the writing and I chose a darker color of red (but you can use any color that you prefer).

• Place the pastel icing in piping bags and place the pastel icing on the cookies. Let this icing cool completely (2-3 hours).

• Then place the red icing in a decorated bag fitted with tip #1 and write your favorite Valentine’s Day sayings in the center of each cookie. Some that I love using are Love, BFF, Cutie, XOXO, Call Me, Hug, Kiss, etc.

• Then allow the writing icing to cool completely (2-3 hours).

• Do not cover the cookies while the icing is cooling.

• After the icing has cooled completely, store at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 5-7 days.