Valentine Sugar Cookies

5 from 19 votes

Valentine Sugar Cookies

Soft and sweet valentine sugar cookies are the perfect way to say I love you! They are super simple and make a great treat for gifting.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Total Time18

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

Cookie

3/4 cup butter softened
8 oz cream cheese softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting

1/3 cup butter softened
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Topping

Red and pink decorating gel, Valentines sprinkles

Instructions

Cookie

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
Cream butter, cream cheese, sugars, egg and almond in large bowl (or Kitchen-Aid) until fluffy.
In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms.
Roll out and cut with cookie cutter. Thin dough will make crunchy cookies. If you want soft dough, it needs to be about ⅜ in. {NOTE: Try not to handle the dough too much}
Bake 8-10 minutes on greased pan. Let cool.

Frost and decorate

Make frosting by mixing all ingredients with hand mixer. If too thick, add a tad more milk.
Frost the cookies with pink and red frosting.
Use the decorating gel to add texture to the hearts. Sprinkle with red and pink sugar sprinkles and let set to harden before gifting or delivering.

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Notes

STORE the baked cookies unfrosted or frosted. Unfrosted cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

How to store frosted cookies? If you have frosted the cookies the storage times are the same you just need to be more careful about stacking the cookies. Make sure that the frosting has set and that you put parchment paper in between layers.

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