The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie.
Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine -- softened
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 drops red food color
Instructions
- 1
Heat oven to 400º.
- 2
Beat powdered sugar, butter and vinegar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- 3
Stir in remaining ingredients except food color.
- 4
Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half.
- 5
If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.
- 6
Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered surface.
- 7
Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters.
- 8
Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired.
- 9
Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- 10
Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown.
- 11
Cool 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
- 12
Cool completely. Decorate with white and pink Decorator's Frosting (see recipe) if desired.