While Grandmama usually made her sugar cookies big and round with a sprinkle of sugar on top, sometimes when we baked the cookies together, she’d use this old heart-shaped cookie cutter that Aunt Ina had given her. When I’d put the heart-shaped sugar cookies on a plate and bring them to Granddaddy, he’d pick and hold one of them cookies up and say, “Now, that’s what I call cookin’ with a right smart of love.”
So, for this Valentine’s Day, make someone you love feel special and bake them some heart-shaped sugar cookies. But make sure to let them know that they where made especially for them and made “with a right smart of love!”
Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies
Recipe by: Bobbi Jo Lathan
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Traditional
Serves: 12
PREP TIME
10 mins
COOK TIME
10 mins
TOTAL TIME
20 mins
INGREDIENTS
2 sticks Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg (beaten)
3 cups Flour
1⁄2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking powder (only Rumford’s)
3 tablespoons Evaporated milk
Extra Granulated sugar (for sprinkling)
INSTRUCTIONS
Cream together the butter, sugar, vanilla and egg.
Add the flour and baking powder a little at a time, alternately with the evaporated milk. When it’s all mixed, it’ll look like a big ol’ gooey ball.
Now, roll it out with a rolling pin or glass. (You might want to flour it so it won’t stick. It’s a pretty gooey batter.)
For Valentine's Day, use a heart-shaped cookie cutter, and place cut dough on a greased cookie pan.
Bake at 350° F for about 8 to 10 minutes. (They should barely be turning brown on the edges. I like them soft!)
Remove onto some wax paper or a sheet of foil and sprinkle with the granulated sugar while still hot. Yum! They’re great with coffee or tea!