Add a little sweetness to this Valentine’s Day, or any celebration, with some simple heart-shaped cutout sugar cookies. This rolled sugar cookie recipe is super easy to make!
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Use prepared frosting from a can to decorate them or make your own homemade frosting just like Mom used to make! Add some pretty pink, red or white sprinkles and you are done! ❤️
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1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Preparing the Dough
Cream softened butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Add eggs and vanilla, mixing on medium speed.
Add baking powder, salt and flour (add flour one cup at a time) and blend.
Separate into two sections of dough.
Wrap in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate 1 hour up to 24 hours.
Baking Directions
Preheat oven to 400° F
Lightly flour a clean counter.
Roll one section of dough, using a rolling pin, to about 1/2 inch thick.
Cut out with cookie cutters
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.*
Bake 6-8 minutes till very lightly brown.
Cool completely.
Frost and decorate.
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*You may want tocover it with parchment paperfor protection from burning plus easy clean up.
Tip: use a tub of prepared vanilla cake frosting. If you want pink, add a few drops of red food coloring and mix it through. I covered a few of the big cookies with white frosting, and then added the food coloring to do the little ones with pink. After I frosted each one, I just decorated it with pretty Valentine sprinkles!
Farberware Classic Wood Rolling Pin
The day that I baked these Valentine cookies, I also made some Snowman Cookies. Directions for making the snowman cookies plus a party idea and some baking tips here…
Snowman Cookie Recipe
Enjoy!
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These look lovely! Thanks for the instructions.