Valentines Day Kisses {cookie style}

February 13, 2014

baking for others is always the best

and Valentines day is the best time to share lots of treats

this year I made sugar cookies in the shape of Hersey Kisses and some heart shaped ones

these were so fun to make, very messy but that's what made it so fun!

they made not have turned out exactly perfectly shaped but its the thought that counts ;)

Cookie Recipe

1 cup (2 sticks) of real butter (I used salted)

1 1/2 cups of confectioner's sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons flavoring extract (I used Almond)

2 1/2 - 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine the egg and flavoring. Combine butter and egg mixtures and beat until fully incorporated. In another separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients and add to butter an egg mixture in three intervals. Mix until dough is pliable but not sticky. Roll out dough* and cut into desired shapes. Bake for 7-8 minutes. Let cool completely before icing.

For the icing I mixed water to confectioners sugar in three bowls. I took pink and red food coloring and in the sperate bowls I kept one white, then pink and red.

To make the kiss shape cookies I used a heart shape to cut the cookie and then shape the top to be straight before baking.