Show your sweetheart just how sweet they are to you this Valentine’s Day by baking up a batch of Sweetheart Sugar Cookies.
These cookies are tasty, sweet, and easy to make.
Sweetheart Sugar Cookies (recipe from Southern Living Magazine)
Makes: about 3 dozen
Hands-on Time: 30 min. Total time: 1 hr., 45 min.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 large egg
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
2 tsp. meringue powder
Pink sanding sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg, beating until blended.
- Combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended.
- Divide dough into 2 equal portions; flatten each portion into a disk. Cover and chill 10 minutes.
- Place 1 dough disk on a heavily floured surface, and roll to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with a 3-inch heart-shaped cutter. Place 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Repeat procedure with remaining dough disk.
- Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets 5 minutes; transfer to wire racks, and let cool completely (about 30 minutes).
- Whisk together meringue powder and 2 Tbsp. water. Brush cookies with mixture, or dip cookies in mixture, and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
For jumbo cookies: Cut rolled-out dough with a 4½-inch heart-shaped cutter. Bake at 350° for 15 to 17 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Makes: about 1 dozen
For bite-size cookies: Cut rolled-out dough with a 1-inch heart-shaped cutter. Bake at 350° for 8 to 11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
Makes: about 20 dozen
Cook’s Note:
- You may need to prepare additional meringue powder-and-water mixture as you decorate cookies.
- Sanding sugar may also be called "fine" sugar.
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