Happy Valentine's Day! I hope that you are enjoying the true meaning of this holiday, which is to be sure that you eat as many sweets as possible in one day.
I spent all day yesterday making Valentine name cookies for my family and for the kids I babysit. Johnny got to sample his early.
I wanted to give you all my sugar cookie information because I have tried a lot of different combinations, and I think I've finally found one that is relatively easy and as close to perfect as we can get.
For the actual sugar cookies, I use the Martha Stewart Recipe. They are really quick and simple, and they don't rise or move much once they're in the oven.
For the icing, I don't like using buttercream or cream cheese icing because they don't hold color very well, and they bleed. I also don't like using Royal Icing because it has to either have raw egg or meringue powder, both sound gross. The icing that I do like to use is a corn syrup icing. This recipe is excellent, except I add a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (clear vanilla is best but who has that?), and I find that I end up using more than 1/4 c of water...just be sure to add in small amounts.
Finally, here's a great resource for icing and flooding cookies. She uses royal icing, but the instructions are the same. I also have no problem using pastry bags or Ziploc bags with the tip cut off, but she doesn't like that.
I highly recommend all three of these websites. Enjoy!
I spent all day yesterday making Valentine name cookies for my family and for the kids I babysit. Johnny got to sample his early.
I wanted to give you all my sugar cookie information because I have tried a lot of different combinations, and I think I've finally found one that is relatively easy and as close to perfect as we can get.
For the actual sugar cookies, I use the Martha Stewart Recipe. They are really quick and simple, and they don't rise or move much once they're in the oven.
For the icing, I don't like using buttercream or cream cheese icing because they don't hold color very well, and they bleed. I also don't like using Royal Icing because it has to either have raw egg or meringue powder, both sound gross. The icing that I do like to use is a corn syrup icing. This recipe is excellent, except I add a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (clear vanilla is best but who has that?), and I find that I end up using more than 1/4 c of water...just be sure to add in small amounts.
Finally, here's a great resource for icing and flooding cookies. She uses royal icing, but the instructions are the same. I also have no problem using pastry bags or Ziploc bags with the tip cut off, but she doesn't like that.
I highly recommend all three of these websites. Enjoy!
such a cute idea! I love it. It would also work well for birthdays. or... learning the ABCs.
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