Sugar Cookies from the Heart.

 

Are you still searching for the perfect way to show your swee-T some Valentines Day affection? Maybe you want to ask that lovely girl from work out on a hot date or you want to let that hottie mchotterson from BIO 240 know that he is a QT. Well, 2Bit again has come to your rescue. Here are some sugar cookies that can express all of your feelings without you having to say a word. Use a gel icing tube, write your heartfelt message, and hand over the cookie to the object of your affection. 2Bit is almost positive it couldn't get any more romantic than that. 


Recipe from joy the baker.

Recipe:

 3 cups all purpose flour

3/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 Tablespoon milk

 
1.  Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.  Set aside.
2.  Beat together butter and sugar in an electric mixer until light in color.  Add egg and milk to the mixture and beat until well combined.
3.  With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour, mixing until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
4.  Divide the dough in half and stain with food coloring if desired (2Bit does desire this).  Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Color y sans Color. 2Bit liked having the contrasting colors. Diversity is the spice of life. 

5.  Preheat oven to 375.
6.  Remove one package of dough from the refrigerator at a time.  Sprinkle your work surface and a rolling pin with powdered sugar.  Roll the dough to 1/4”, rotating the dough around the work surface, making sure it doesn’t stick. 
              ********2Bit note- be careful not to roll the dough too thinly or your cookies will be crunchy and not as yummy. Sugar cookies are best when they are a little bit thick, agree?
7.  Cut dough into desired shapes and place on a greased cookie sheet, or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. 

You could use cookie cutters if you have luxurious cooking products such as that. 2Bit however does not and used a knife to cut out the hearts. They weren't perfect, but neither is 2Bit so it worked out perfectly..

8.  Bake for 7-9 minutes, rotating the pan half way through baking.  Remove from the oven when cookies have barely started to brown on the edges.  If you’re not using a silicone mat or parchment paper, I like to remove the cookies from the pan when they are still very warm.  This will ensure they won’t cool and stick to the pan.  Just be careful, they’ll be a bit fragile.

Let them cool completely and go to town on icing them!

The Icing: (from food network

3 ounces pasteurized egg white

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

4 cups confectioners' sugar

2Bit Option- add lemon juice or mashed thawed strawberries in place of some of the liquid from the egg whites.

 

In large bowl of stand mixer combine the egg whites and vanilla and beat until frothy. Add confectioners' sugar gradually and mix on low speed until sugar is incorporated and mixture is shiny. Turn speed up to high and beat until mixture forms stiff, glossy peaks. This should take approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add food coloring, if desired. For immediate use, transfer icing to pastry bag or heavy duty storage bag and pipe as desired. If using storage bag, clip corner. 

Use some gel icing to create your Valentines Day messages.

The only real benefit of using a knife as your cookie cutter is that you can cut out shapes or letters specific to your boo.

 Happy Valentines Day to Michael and AJ and all of you 2Bits around the world!

And as always, 

xoxo