{"id":40032,"date":"2023-02-13T07:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40032"},"modified":"2023-02-13T07:21:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:21:34","slug":"valentines-sugar-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/13\/valentines-sugar-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Sugar Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/13\/valentines-sugar-cookies\/heartcookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HeartCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HeartCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HeartCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HeartCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HeartCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HeartCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a simple sugar cookie dough that doesn&#8217;t need to be chilled, rolls out like a dream, and tastes delicious. I dipped these in some semi-sweet melted chocolate, because hey &#8211; it&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup salted butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups confectionery sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 3\/4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00ba, line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add egg and vanilla extract.<\/li>\n<li>Sift flour and baking powder, add to butter mixture on medium speed.<\/li>\n<li>Roll out dough between sheets of parchment paper 1\/4&#8243; thick, cut out shapes and place them 1&#8243; apart. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes until cookies are golden on the bottom. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 3 dozen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 bag mini semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tablespoon vegetable shortening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Place chocolate chips and shortening in a small bowl, microwave in 30 second increments, stirring after each time until chocolate is smooth and melted.<\/li>\n<li>Dip each cookie in the chocolate and place on wax paper to set up.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a simple sugar cookie dough that doesn&#8217;t need to be chilled, rolls out like a dream, and tastes delicious. I dipped these in some semi-sweet melted chocolate, because hey &#8211; it&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176,1238,4],"tags":[97,1071,38],"class_list":["post-40032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-cookies","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-apG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18170,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/02\/13\/valentines-day-cupcakes-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":40032,"position":0},"title":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Cupcakes","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Traditionally, Valentine's Day is a chocolate holiday - truffles, Hershey's Kisses, heart shaped boxes of decadence. 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