“Perfect” Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
Something “Old”
I had a lot of fun practicing my (amateur) cookie decorating skills this week. February is my husband’s birthday, Valentine’s Day, and our anniversary. Lots of reasons to celebrate with love-themed goodies!
I always make sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day and these Perfect Sugar Cookies with Red Hot Glaze are my sweetheart’s favorites. The cookies have a great balanced sweetness and wonderful texture – not too heavy, but strong enough to stand up to the glaze. And the icing starts with melted Red Hot candies – what’s not to love?!
Something New
I recently took a cookie decorating class from Markie of Honey & Heart Cookie Co. I’m no stranger to icing cookies and Markie gave us so much praise and encouragement that I felt totally comfortable trying her recipes for cookies and icing all by myself.
Oy.
Markie is a master. I’m not even really an apprentice!
But my cookies were still delicious and I’ll keep practicing those techniques because it was super fun. I’ve also signed up for another class with Markie at The Art House in Gilbert, AZ. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend The Art House and the cookie decorating classes.
Perfect Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C. butter softened
- 1 C. granulated sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 4 Tbsp. milk
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
- 3 ½ C. all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat butter for 1 – 2 minutes until color lightens slightly.
- Add sugar and beat until creamy.
- Add eggs, milk, and vanilla and beat at medium speed until combined.
- At low speed on the mixer, add flour one half cup at a time just until combined after each addition. Repeat until dough comes together and sides of the mixing bowl are clean. You may not need to add all of the flour.
- Divide dough into two balls and roll each ball out between two sheets of parchment or waxed paper to about ½-inch and no thinner than ¼-inch. Place rolled dough still between parchment sheets on a baking sheet and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 300°F.
- Once chilled, remove one sheet of dough at a time from the fridge. Remove top layer of parchment or waxed paper, and cut dough with floured cookie cutters. Place cut cookies 2-inches apart on parchment-lined cookies sheets.
- Bake cookies in a 300ºF oven for 8 – 10 minutes.
Notes
- May add food coloring along with flour, if desired.
