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Signs of Valentine’s

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I started making these cookies several years ago when I found the original recipe in a February issue of Martha’s main mag, Living. I made them every year and then I had kids. Now it’s sporadic. But this year I was in the mood and I’ve since found a sugar cookie recipe that is SO easy and SO yummy it makes baking these a piece of cake…. er, cookie.
That’s raspberry jam in the middle. I *heart* raspberry jam. {teehee}

Oh and I also made the Valentine’s cards for the boys’ classmates from cardstock and scrapbooking paper scraps.


I’m feeling awfully domestic lately. Wonder why…

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Oh and here’s the recipe if you want it:
Sugar Cookies:
1 cup (2 sticks) of butter, softened
3/4 cup of sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 1/2 cups of flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium-high until smooth. Add egg and beat for 2 minutes until fluffy. Turn mixer to low and add extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until incorporated (the dough will be stiff). Shape into a one inch thick flat disk. Refrigerate, wrapped, for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into shapes and place on parchment-lined baking sheets. The scraps can be combined and rolled out again.
Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, until the edges are just a little golden brown. Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to cooling racks.

elaine

Comments

  3. Hi Elaine

    Thank you for sharing your recipe. I have printed it out and I am definately going to give it a go. Gotta love an easy recipe that tastes good.

    Your previous post was so romantic. What a beautiful ending for two beauty full people.

    Lots of love and hugs
    Elise

  4. OMG. You’re not pregnant are you? Was that domestic comment a hint of some kind?

    right. sorry.

    Hey! those cookies are really cute. and wow on making your own valentines cards – we used Kung Fu Panda and Transformers cards. I’m much less domestic… I didn’t even make cookies.

  6. I LOVE your V-Days cards! So cute, and what a good way to use of the many scraps that one amasses from scrapping!

  8. Ohh can you ship me one of those cookies? I’m too lazy to actually make them! 😉 haha.

    Have a wonderful V-day! 🙂

    Domestic? hm. hm. hm.

  12. Well now, aren’t you little miss domestic!! You’re timing couldn’t be more perfect – we’re making sugar cookies this evening and I was just going to select one at random. Now I have a tried and true one reayd to go!

  19. You make all the other moms look bad with your cute homemade cards. The cookies look delicious. Now what kind of an ending to a post is that? Very mysterious Elaine!

  22. I’m so trying those cookies – that recipe looks GOOD!!! Love the cards, they are super cute and I am totally stealing that idea for next year 🙂 You go girl, what a productive week.

  34. eeek! don’t let my DH see this post! he LOVES sugar cookies and wants me to make them for every “holiday” …I’m a bad wife, and I only end up making them a couple of times a year. Hopefully, when the boys are older, I can make a tradition out of it and get them to help!

  35. Those cookies look fantastic! La Madeleine used to make ones that look just like that, but they stopped carrying them and I was definitely bummed. I would try to make these, but Laurie and cookie cutters don’t mix!

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