Stephie and I made some yumalicious Valentines cookies and cupcakes!
We made Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry icing~
And, yellow cake with vanilla buttercream icing!
I used a new sugar cookie recipe I found in the book Cookie Craft
3 Cups all-purpose flour
1 Cup Sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 Cup unsalted butter
1 Large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
Whisk flour & salt and set aside.
Cream together butter & sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla.
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until thoroughly blended.
Turn out dough onto work surface and divide into 2 or 3 equal portions. Form each one into a disk…roll …add a little flour, not too much!
My favorite sugar cookie icing:
Sugar Cookie Icing
1 cup XXX sugar (powdered sugar)
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons lite corn syrup
(¼ teaspoon Almond extract, I don’t use this but some people love it!)
Put XXX sugar in a bowl and add milk…stir until smooth…
Beat in corn syrup until icing is smooth and glossy~if it’s too thick, add more corn syrup! Divide and add food coloring. You can make this the night before, just cover it!
Each cookie needs to be decorated with sprinkles immediately after you ice it because it dries to the touch pretty quickly. The icing takes a few hours to completely set.
I made about 60 sugar cookies (the size of my hand) and used 9 recipes of the icing with a bit left over.
Happy Valentines Week !
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So, when are you opening a bakery?
Anyone needing the tiniest bit of love only need to read this post! Filled with love, and cuteness and sweetness! Filled with YOU Robin. My heart is oozing with the yumminess of it all! What a bright spot in my day you are
Yummy, yummy! And, so,so sweet! Have a great Valentine’s Week. : )
Hi Ms.Creativity,
Martha Stewart will have to put it in high gear to keep up with you!!
I read your blog everyday for fun and inspiration.
Thank you for sharing so much love from your heart.
Love,
Brenda
Oh, I love you to pieces. Can I just tell you how awful my cookies (if I made them, which I don’t) would look next to yours? How do you make everything look so perfect and delicious and adorable?
Excuse me while I go put on my fluffy pink socks and pretend I’m eating that cookie.
These pics made me hungry!!! I hope you saved me a cuppy cake!
these pics are great! thank you for the receipe!
will have to write this one down.
kilee
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