Valentine's Day Cookies
- Course: Dessert
Share the love with these creative Valentine’s Day sugar cookies! Reynolds KITCHENS® Cookie Baking Sheets lay flat right out of the box and make cleanup fast and easy. So bake a batch of cookies for your sweetie without all the mess.
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Cleanup is a breeze with Reynolds KITCHENS® Cookie Baking Sheets – no scraping or scrubbing needed. Just toss out the Cookie Baking Sheet and wipe down your pan.
Ingredients
COOKIES:
- 1 package (16.5 oz.) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 2/3 cup flour
- Reynolds® Parchment Paper
SUGAR COOKIE ICING:
- 1 box (1 lb.) confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder (powdered egg whites)
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon flavoring extract, optional
- Food coloring
DECORATIONS:
- Red food coloring
- Red and Pink sugar crystals
- White nonpareils
Directions
Step 1
PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
Step 2
LINE cookie sheets with Reynolds Parchment Paper; set aside. No need to add extra grease or spray your cookie sheets. KNEAD flour into sugar cookie dough until well blended. ROLL out half of cookie dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness between lightly floured sheets of Parchment Paper. Using Valentine cookie cutters, cut out cookies; place on parchment-lined cookie sheets.
Step 3
BEAT powdered sugar, meringue powder, water and extract in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, on high speed until smooth and thick, about 1 minute.
Step 4
DIVIDE icing into 3 small bowls. Leave one bowl of icing white. Stir food coloring in remaining 2 bowls to make pink and red icing of desired color. Cover icing tightly when not in use, icing dries quickly.
Step 5
PIPE outlines of cookies with contrasting colors of icing using a decorating bag with tip. Or, place icing in plastic zipper bags. Snip off one corner with scissors and use to pipe icing.
Step 6
FOR SUGARED OUTLINES, sprinkle heavily with sugar crystals or nonpareils while icing is wet. Lightly shake off excess crystals.
TIP: Sprinkle over Parchment Paper to catch excess for reuse.
Step 7
TO ICE INSIDE OUTLINES, add a little water to thin icing, if necessary. Spoon a small amount of icing onto outlined cookies. Using a brush, small spatula or your finger, spread icing up to outline to fill in spaces.
Step 8
FOR OTHER DECORATIONS, use same techniques for piping dots, drizzles or to write messages.
TIP: Cover icing at all times. Icing can dry out quickly. Let icing dry before adding a different color of icing. If icing is still wet, colors will blend.
Step 9
BAKE 7 to 12 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies or until the edges begin to brown. Let stand one minute on cookie sheets. Slide Parchment Paper with cookies onto a wire racks to cool completely.
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