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Valentine Cookies {with Royal Icing}



After reading through many recipes claiming to be the “best sugar cookie EVER” on Pinterest I decided to try two of the most convincing ones out yesterday. More than likely it was an error on my part but I ended up with two batches of terrible cookies. I was pretty disappointed since both recipes took so much work, wasted lots of ingredients and I so badly wanted a Valentine themed treat.



Anyway, I had promised to bring a dessert to bible study last night so I knew I couldn’t come empty handed. In a last desperate attempt I whipped up one more batch of cookies and although they weren’t my best {Matt gives very honest reviews}, the icing sure did make them tasty and they were too pretty not to share!



We are currently studying Tim Keller’s book “The Meaning of Marriage” in our couples bible study so I thought it would be clever to bring heart shaped cookies.


 This was my first time experimenting with Royal Icing and I am definitely a fan, even though it requires a lot of time.



Best Sugar Cookie Recipe


From In Katrina’s Kitchen
 


Ingredients:
1 Cup butter, softened
1 Cup granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups all purpose flour
 


Directions:
   
Preheat oven to 350° F. In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and
sugar until smooth. Beat in extracts and eggs. In a separate bowl
combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to the wet
ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for
your mixer turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands
and finish off kneading the dough by hand. DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH.
Divide into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut.
You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch
rather than 1/8). Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie
sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.


 


Royal Icing


4 cups Domino Powdered Sugar


4 TBS Wilton’s Meringue Powder


Wilton’s Gel Food Coloring


4 TBS Water initially, plus additional while mixing


Spray bottle {optional}


 


Basically
use 1 cup of powdered sugar for every 1 TBS of meringue powder with
warm water mixed SLOWLY in until desired consistency.
 


 

 If you’re going to attempt Royal Icing, I highly recommend using Make Bake Celebrate’s Royal Icing 101 Tutorial {found here}. It’s the best one I found and she is very thorough with her instructions! 




You can’t go wrong with sprinkles so I loaded my cookies up before my icing dried. I was also pretty excited to break out my Heart Side-of-the-Cup cookie cutter from World Market that’s been sitting in my kitchen drawer for almost a year. Love it? You can find it {here} for only $1.29!



 



Are you planning to make any festive Valentine treats this year?
Oh, and if you have an amazing tried and true sugar cookie recipe, feel free to pass it on!






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