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A tasty and easy Valentine’s sugar cookie recipe
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5 from 45 votes

Valentines Sugar Cookies Recipe

Thin and crisp Valentines Sugar Cookies Recipe for Valentine's Day
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 39kcal

Equipment

  • large or medium bowl
  • mixer
  • Rolling Pin
  • heart cookie cutters

Ingredients

For Cookies

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups flour½ teaspoon salt
  • icing recipe below

Icing Recipe

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tabplespoon milk
  • red food coloring

Instructions

Cookies

  • Mix together the butter and sugar, vanilla, milk and egg in a large bowl.
  • Add dry ingredients.
  • Mix well (for best results use an electric mixer or your hands)
  • Roll dough into a ball and cover with waxed paper.
  • Chill dough for at least 1 hour.
  • Heat oven to 350°
  • Roll out dough to about ¼" thickness on a lightly floured surface surface and cut with cookie cutter.
  • Place on parchment covered cookie sheet.
  • Bake cookies 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
  • Let cool before decorating

Icing

  • Mix together powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl.
  • Add just enough coloring for the desired shade of pink
  • Drizzle and spread over cookies.
  • Let dry completely before serving.

Notes

  • You can make the dough ahead of time and store the dough in your refrigerator. I highly recommend making them the day or morning of and then you can bake them and have them ready to decorate later. 
  • Line your baking sheets with parchment paper. This really saves on clean up and makes the cookies easy to lift off of the pan. 
  • Store cookies in an airtight container.
  • This simple sugar cookie dough recipe can be used for other holiday cookies.
  • Make sure that you allow baked cookies to cool before frosting.

Nutrition

Calories: 39kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 10mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 18IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg