Last night I was too tired to post the recipe for for the Valentine's Day sugar cookies. It is an easy recipe I discovered on the Food Network web site. I ice it with a simple glaze and decorate with festive sugar sprinkles. Enjoy!
Sugar Cookies
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
Powdered sugar for rolling out dough
1. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt: set aside.
2. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric mixer and beat until light in color.
3. Add egg and milk and beat to combine.
4. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl
5. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
6. Preheat oven to 375 F.
7. Sprinkle rolling surface with powdered sugar. Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from the fridge at a time. Sprinkle rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick.
8. Cut into desired shape and place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges. Rotate the cookie sheet halfway through the baking time. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack.
Cookie Glaze
2 cups sifted powder sugar
5 1/2 tablespoons milk and 2 tsp. butter heated together
1 tsp. lemon extract
2-3 tablespoons extra hot milk
With a wooden spoon beat sugar with hot milk and butter mixture. Put extra milk on to heat...just in case you need the thin the glaze. Beat in extract. If necessary, add additional hot milk until creamy and spreadable. Work quickly and frost immediately. If frosting begins to harden, beat in another drop of hot milk. Frost thinly and if desired decorate with sprinkles while still wet. Let dry before stacking.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Many hugs,
Kathy
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