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Valentine Sugar Cookies

February 13, 2019   By Becca Leave a Comment

We’ve been snowed in for days and days and days! I was thinking that some of my local friends might be in need of a new recipe to try. I’ve posted this recipe many times, but I thought it might need to move to the top of the blog for Valentine’s Day.  It’s my go-to recipe for any holiday or season.

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Valentine Sugar Cookies
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24 cookies
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24 cookies
Valentine Sugar Cookies
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24 cookies
Servings
24 cookies
Ingredients
  • 18 Tbsp butter softened
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 Tbsp milk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 6 cups flour
  • 4 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
Servings: cookies
Instructions
  1. Beat butter, shortening, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix. Let dough chill in the fridge for 3 hours. Roll dough on a cutting board, lightly dusted with flour. I like a thick cookie, so I roll my dough slightly thicker than 1/4" thick. Cut in any shape desired. Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool and frost. For the frosting, my favorite is a simple powdered sugar and milk frosting. I pour powdered sugar into the bowl and add just a little bit of milk. Keep stirring and slowly add milk until you get to the desired consistency. If you want a thick frosting, add less milk. If you want a glaze, add more milk. I try to use as little food coloring as possible because DYE IS EVIL. A tiny little half-drop of red food coloring will make a nice pink. I also found an all natural food coloring on Amazon, by McCormick. You can also use a little raspberry juice to make a nice pink and then you don't need to use dye at all, which is good because DYE IS EVIL! (Ask me how I feel about food dyes in our foods!) Happy baking and Happy Valentine's Day!
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Graduation Sugar Cookies

May 24, 2018   By Becca Leave a Comment

I was just scrolling through Instagram and spotted some graduation sugar cookies from Jenny Cookies.  It reminded my that I don’t think I ever did a blog post about the graduation sugar cookies my niece and I made last year.  She wanted to make cookies for her brother’s graduation party and came over so we could bake together.

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We live in the same area as my sister and sister-in-law, so the kids all go to the same schools.  Once in high school, they are the Glacier Peak Grizzlies. We have a niece who graduated in 2016, a nephew in 2017, another niece in 2018, my son in 2019, and another niece in 2020 all from Glacier Peak.  Then, we get a little break until my daughter moves up to high school.

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I might be borrowing my sister-in-law’s graduation cap cookie cutter quite a bit.

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I think they turned out pretty cute!  Jenny, over at Jenny Cookies, uses buttercream for her frosting.  I’ve always used powdered sugar and milk and just mixed those two ingredients together to get the consistency I wanted.  I think I may shift over to buttercream.  I didn’t realize there were so many different buttercream frosting recipes.  Whenever I’ve used buttercream, I’ve just used the Wilton recipe.  Whichever frosting recipe you choose, I’m sure Google will help you discover lots of options.

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Graduation Sugar Cookies
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These are super soft rolled sugar cookies that can be cut with any cookie cutters you have on hand. The graduation cap cookie cutter came from Amazon and I had the other shapes in my collection.
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Graduation Sugar Cookies
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These are super soft rolled sugar cookies that can be cut with any cookie cutters you have on hand. The graduation cap cookie cutter came from Amazon and I had the other shapes in my collection.
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Ingredients
  • 6 cups flour
  • 4 1/2 tsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup + 2 tbsps butter
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tbsps milk
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
Servings:
Instructions
  1. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening until fluffy. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time. Cover and chill at least 3 hours.
  2. Roll the dough onto a floured board, to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Place onto a parchment or Silpat lined baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-9 minutes. Larger cookies may take more time to bake. Cool and decorate with your choice of frosting.
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Valentine Sugar Cookie Recipe

February 12, 2017   By Becca Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so we couldn’t resist baking a few sugar cookies to pack in lunches this week.  This is my go-to recipe for sugar cookies of any shape.

Valentine Sugar Cookies

Valentine Sugar Cookies
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Valentine Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 18 TBSP butter softened
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 TBSP milk
  • 1 TBSP vanilla
  • 6 cups flour
  • 4 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
Servings:
Recipe Notes

Beat butter, shortening, and sugar in a large mixing bowl.  Add eggs, milk, and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients and mix.  Let dough chill in the fridge for 3 hours.

Roll dough on a cutting board, lightly dusted with flour.  I like a thick cookie, so I roll my dough slightly thicker than 1/4" thick.  Cut in any shape desired.

Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375 degrees.

Cool and frost.  For the frosting, my favorite is a simple powdered sugar and milk frosting.  I pour powdered sugar into the bowl and add just a little bit of milk.  Keep stirring and slowly add milk until you get to the desired consistency.  If you want a thick frosting, add less milk.  If you want a glaze, add more milk.  I try to use as little food coloring as possible because DYE IS EVIL.  A tiny little half-drop of red food coloring will make a nice pink.  You can also use a little raspberry juice to make a nice pink and then you don't need to use dye at all, which is good because DYE IS EVIL! (Ask me how I feel about food dyes in our foods!)

Happy baking and Happy Valentine's Day!

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