Description
Delicious and visually appealing cookies perfect for Valentine’s Day decoration.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Royal icing for decoration
- Food coloring
- Sprinkles and edible glitter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract to the butter mixture.
- Gradually add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
- Chill dough for 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough and cut into shapes.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Let cookies cool completely.
- Decorate with royal icing and add food coloring and sprinkles.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
- Use different cookie cutters for various shapes.
- Experiment with flavors in the icing.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
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