The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie

Your sweetheart will be yours forever when you give him or her a batch of these delicious, heart-shaped cookies.

Yield: 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 drops red food color

Frosting

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk or Half-and-Half

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

Cookies

1. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vinegar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients except food color. Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half. (If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.)
2. On a lightly floured cloth covered surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters. Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired. On ungreased cookie sheet, place shapes about 2 inches apart.
3. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool for 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Frosting

1. In a medium bowl, mix ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Spread frosting on cookies.

Notes

If using plastic cookie cutters, dip them in vegetable oil to get a sharper, more defined edge on cookies.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 35); Total Fat 4g (Saturated Fat 2g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 60mg; Total Carbohydrate 7g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 2% (based on a 2,000 calorie diet)
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fat

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Betty Crocker Kitchens