Sugar Cookies

Happy Valentine’s Day!! This day is all about LOVE 🙂 My Mom and I made these sugar cookies together, it was so fun! This cookie dough recipe is great for all seasons! Let’s begin!

Mix together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover and chill for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough on a lightly floured board.

Cut into shapes.

Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake 6-8 minutes until lightly brown.

SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE

• 3/4 cups butter (1 1/2
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Sugar cookies are often paired with royal icing! You can always decorate your cookies so beautifully with it.

Here is the royal icing recipe:

Beat all ingredients together until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).

Helpful Hints:

For stiff icing: Use 1 tablespoon less water.

When using a stand mixer or for stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water.

For thin icing: To thin for pouring, add 1 teaspoon water per cup of royal icing. Use spatula to stir slowly. Add 1/2 teaspoon water at a time until you reach proper consistency.

Meringue Powder is a must for this recipe. Do not substitute with raw egg whites or dried egg whites; neither will produce the same results as Meringue Powder.

To store: Store royal icing in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks. Before reusing, re-whip using a paddle attachment on low speed until it’s back to the correct consistency.

ROYAL ICING RECIPE

• 4 cups (about 1 lb.) confectioners’ sugar
• 5 tablespoons warm water
• 3 tablespoons 4 oz. Meringue Powder

I hope you ENJOY these cookies as much as I do!