Sugar Cookies: Happy Valentine's Day!

One of our family traditions is to make sugar cookies for Valentine's Day. This recipe has been passed down through generations and is such a good one. You really can't go wrong with this recipe. It produces a nice, soft, yummy cookie. Typically I frost them with a butter cream frosting. Today I decided to go with some royal icing. You can make royal icing with egg whites or with meringue powder. Today I opted for the slightly safer meringue powder (you buy it at craft stores) and it turned out great. The recipe I used for royal frosting came from Joy of Baking and you can click HERE to see that recipe. I added some almond extract to mine.

Okay...here's the cookie recipe:

SUGAR COOKIES
1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp. Milk
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp. Baking Powder
2 Cups Flour
1 tsp. Vanilla

Cream butter, sugar and eggs for 5 minutes. Add milk and dry ingredients. Chill overnight. Roll out on floured board and cut into shapes. Bake at 375 until edges just start to brown. Frost with butter cream frosting. Don’t overbake cookies….it is better to have them a little underdone. You just want them to be barely turning brown on the bottom. This is key to soft sugar cookies! This recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Happy Valentine's Day to you! xoxo