Valentine Rich Rolled Cookies Food

RICH ROLL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg and extract. Combine and add flour and salt.
• Wrap dough well and chill or freeze until you are able to handle it easily. Can also make day ahead and place in fridge wrapped in plastic wrap.
• To bake: Preheat oven to 350. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters. Place on either a greased cookie sheet or one lined with a silpat liner or parchment paper. Bake 8-10 minutes for thin cookies or 15 minutes+ for thick cookies or cookies on a stick. When they are lightly browned, they are ready. Cool on pan for 1-2 minutes, transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before decorating. Use your favorite icing recipe.

VALENTINE RICH ROLLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg and flavoring.
• Combine and add flour and salt.
• Chill dough 3-4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Roll thinly and cut.
• Bake 5-7 minutes, (this is because I roll them very thin,you might want to cook them longer if you don't roll them thin -- see other peoples notes).
• Ice with either Almond or Royal Icing.
• The Almond Icing is a thin icing that you can "paint" on the cookies. I actually use paint brushes, and have fun coloring the icing.
• The Royal Icing dries hard. It can be used to "glue" tails back on kittens (cookies) and trunks on elephants. It also holds the cookies together better for shipping. I use a small metal spatula for spreading this, and use a lot of sprinkles and other adornments with this icing.
• The amounts of sugar and liquid are flexible to your own preferred consistency.

VALENTINE KISS COOKIES!

Steps:

• Cream peanut butter, margarine, and sugar.
• Beat in eggs.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and cinnamon, and add to mixture gradually.
• Chill dough for 30 minutes.
• Wrap about one tsp dough around each chocolate kiss.
• Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Roll in powdered sugar.

LOW FAT VALENTINE COOKIES

Steps:

• For cookie: Using a mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and almond extract, mixing well.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture into butter and sugar until dough forms. The dough may seem a little crumbly at first; but it will come together.
• Wrap dough in plastic and shape into a disk. Chill for two hours in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Sprinkle work surface and rolling pin with confectioners sugar. Turn out one half of dough onto it.
• Roll out dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
• Use heart-shaped cookie cutters dipped in confectioners sugar to make cutouts.
• Gather scraps and re-roll until all the dough is used. While the first batch are baking is a good time to repeat the rolling and cutting process with the second half of the dough.
• Place cookies 1-inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire rack after 1 minute to cool.
• For glaze: In a small bowl, mix together confectioners sugar, almond extract, and milk. Put 2 tablespoons of this white glaze in a small resealable bag and set aside.
• Add cherry juice to the remaining glaze mixture and if you want to make a darker pink add another teaspoon of juice.
• When cookies are fully cooled, frost and decorate as desired.
• Makes about 30 cookies, depending on the size of cookie cutters used. Enjoy!

VALENTINE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside until ready to use.
• Add butter, shortening, cream cheese, and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together for 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs, sour cream. Mix completely.
• Add in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add the flour mixture and blend together. If dough is too moist, add more flour to accomodate.
• Chill dough for about 1 hour.
• Roll out the dough, cut in desired shape.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
• Decorate as desired with frosting and sprinkles.