the BEST roll-out Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
the perfect roll-out sugar cookie EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. And with simple ingredients! Can be decorated with merengue frosting or buttercream. The best part? they can be made ahead and even frozen for a treat another day.
- Total Time: 2(ish) hours
- Yield: 30 medium cookies 1x
- Category: cookies
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: dessert
Ingredients
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SUGAR COOKIES
- 1 cup butter (2 cubes)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons baking power
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups flour
MERINGUE POWDER FROSTING
- 2 Tablespoons meringue powder
- ¼ cup warm water
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar (if not sifted, just mix really well so there aren’t any lumps)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (can use more/less depending on taste)*
- ½ to 1 teaspoon butter flavoring (can use more/less depending on taste)*
- Couple drops of Glycerin (optional—makes it shinier)
Instructions
SUGAR COOKIES
- Cream butter and sugar together for approx 5 min or until fluffy
- Add eggs and beat
- Add baking powder, salt and vanilla…mix well
- Then add 2 cups of flour and mix
- Mix in remaining flour, 1 cup at a time until well mixed.
- Roll out in between two sheets of parchment paper
- Chill in fridge until cold
- Cut out and put back in fridge while preheating the oven
- Bake at 375 for 8 minutes
- Cool on baking sheet for 6 min, then transfer to cooling rack until all the way cooled.
MERINGUE POWDER FROSTING
- Mix with fork (don’t use beaters- it will thicken too much becuase of the meringue powder)
- Add 1-2 cups powdered sugar
- Add additional water if needed. Frosting should run smooth in 5-8 seconds
- Add color paste (if desired)
Notes
Lemon juice is not necessary, nor is butter flavoring. I have used vanilla extract and it tastes great.