Sweets for the Sweet – Valentine’s Day (no) cutout cookies
You don’t have to spend hours fighting with cutout cookies to get together some cute Valentine’s sweets for your favorite honey.
Use drop sugar cookies, and decorate with two different colors of icing for a look that says you care enough to make the very best. Add special messages for your sweetheart, or leave the design open enough to share with a number of sweeties – we don’t judge.
Soft Sugar Cookies IV
: Laura Stearns – AllRecipes.com
: Cookie
: 60
Soft drop sugar cookie that’s quick and easy to make. Decorate for any occasion.
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup shortening
- ⅔ cup butter
- 1½ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, shortening and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture until dough comes together. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and roll the balls in sugar. Place them on an unprepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottom is light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Information
: 1 cookie : 227 : 11.3g : 29.4g : .5g : 2.5g : 31mg
Sweets for the Sweet - Valentine's Day (no) cutout cookies,
