The Best Valentine Sugar Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts. Stir in flour; mix well. Chill several hours. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness; cut with a 2-1/2- or 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with sugar if desired. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter and sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until smooth. Beat in egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
• Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl and add to the butter mixture, a little at a time. Stir until well combined. Knead using wet fingers if dough gets too stiff, dusting with flouring occasionally, until it bounces back.
• Roll dough out to uniform thinness and cut into desired shapes. Place 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheets until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.
• Meanwhile, melt confectioners' coating in the microwave according to manufacturer's instructions. Mix in red candy melts until desired color is reached. Dip cooled cookies in the candy coating and let rest on waxed paper until hardened, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside until ready to use.
• Add butter, shortening, cream cheese, and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together for 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs, sour cream. Mix completely.
• Add in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add the flour mixture and blend together. If dough is too moist, add more flour to accomodate.
• Chill dough for about 1 hour.
• Roll out the dough, cut in desired shape.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
• Decorate as desired with frosting and sprinkles.

Steps:

• In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a bowl, beat together butter and sugar together at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is mixed in well.
• Add the vanilla and sour cream and beat at low speed until combined.
• Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed until just combined. Dough is supposed to be a little sticky. Chill in the refrigerator for two hours or more.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats; set aside.
• Lightly flour the work surface and top of the dough. With a rolling pin, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Using cookie cutters, cut out the cookies and place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 7 minutes, until cookies are slightly golden around the edges. Immediately transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Cook cookies completely before frosting.
• To make the frosting, cream together the butter and vanilla. Slowly beat in powdered sugar and the pinch of salt. Once smooth and creamy, add in heavy cream, then beat at medium-high speed for a minute or two until light and fluffy. Add food coloring, if desired, and beat until combined.
• Once cookies have cooled, frost and eat!