Sorority Parents Blog

I miss my college daughter the most when holidays are a part of our daily round and she is not here to celebrate with us.   We will make our traditional Valentine’s Day sugar cookies and below are two of our family favorites.   One is a softer ‘cake-like’ cookie and the other a firm cut out that frosts easily. Both delicious to be sure so do package up some to mail or hand deliver to that college coed of yours.  Happy Valentine’s Day to all.

MB’s Frosted Sugar Cookies

Dough:

1 ½ cups sugar

1 cup butter

3 cups flour

1 t. soda

½ t. salt

1 t. vanilla

½ t. lemon extract

3 medium eggs

Frosting:

8 T. butter

3 cups powdered sugar

milk

2 t. vanilla

Mix up dough and chill.  Roll and cut out with different size heart cookie cutters.  Bake at 350° 8-10 minutes on greased cookie sheet.  Cream frosting ingredients together and frost cookies when cooled.  Decorate as desired.

Valentine Cookies

Dough:

¾ cup softened butter

½ cup sugar

2 ½ cups sifted flour

½ t. almond extract

Frosting:

powdered sugar

milk

½ t. almond extract

Mix up dough and shape into a ball. Wrap in waxed paper and chill for 20 minutes. Roll out ½ of dough to ¼ inch thickness on floured surface. Cut out and bake 18-20 minutes at 325° on a greased cookie sheet.