Valentines Day is by far my favorite holiday. I love everything about it. I can't think of anything better to celebrate than love. I love the feeling in the air, the anticipation of having great food and most of all, I look forward to some time with my sweetheart. I guess I am a hopeless romantic. Maybe it is in the fact that we don't really give gifts to each other, we simply celebrate our love. So, to help myself get into the spirit of the holiday, I have started a tradition of making sugar cookies and decorating them every year for Valentines Day. I always seem to take longer than I expect, I just get so wrapped up in creating that I loose track of time. So if you have the time this Valentines Day I recommend trying these...
Andrea's Sugar Cookies
1 cup sour cream
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening or butter
4 eggs
1 t vanilla
6 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sour cream, sugar, shortening, eggs, and vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl. Slowly add dry ingredients until mixed well. Roll dough out on floured surface and cut into shapes.
Let chill in refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. Bake no more than 9 min.
Courtesy of my good friend Andrea. :-) They are light, and fluffy and well, DELIGHTFUL... Thanks again Andrea!
Lemon Vanilla Icing1 Tbs milk
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. lemon extract
1/4 tsp. vanilla
Combine ingredients until smooth. Icing should be a consistency similar to yogurt. If too runny, add more powdered sugar, if too thick, add a LITTLE milk. Divide into several small bowls and add coloring accordingly.
Decorating
Allow cookies to cool. Using a spoon, dab a small amount of icing in the middle of the top of a cookie. Spread lightly allowing the icing to cover cookie. The icing will drip off. Cover entire top and sides of cookie (it can get a little messy!). Place on cookie sheet and allow frosting to harden. Add any additional decorations on top of hardened icing.
Happy Valentines Day!
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