Happy Valentine’s Day!
Funny how the one year I don’t have to make a Valentine’s Day treat for school…I actually want to make one! These were a fun diversion from my weekend of being on call, answering lots and lots of mommy calls about fever and flu and flu and fever.
And since I don’t have to send these to school, I get cookies for breakfast and afternoon coffee! Enjoy!
Valentine's Day Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- ½ cup shortening (I love Spectrum Organics Palm Shortening)
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ¼ cup dairy-free milk (I use Silk PureCoconut) + 1T cider vinegar
- 2 cups flour
- ½ t. baking soda
- ¼ t. salt
- 1T. vanilla
- ⅛ t. lemon oil (not extract, I use LorAnn)
- a pinch of nutmeg
Cookie Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 T. corn syrup
- 2-3T. water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream the sugar and shortening together until smooth, add in the thickened soymilk and beat until smooth again.Add the vanilla, lemon oil or whatever spices/flavorings you are using and mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients:soda, salt and flour. Mix until everything comes together.
- Wrap in plastic wrap, shape into a big disk and freeze for ½ hour.Roll to ¼ inch thickness and cut out as you like.
- Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheets at 350. 10 minutes will give you soft cookies (they may seem barely baked, but they’ll firm up when cooled), 14-16 minutes will give you golden brown edges and they’ll be crispy.Cool completely before icing.
- Mix the icing ingredients together, getting all the lumps out. Add enough water for the proper thickness. I outline first, and flood with color. I use a toothpick or a small spoon to spread the icing around. Hearts are made by making little dots and dragging a clean toothpick through the wet icing. Here's a great tutorial on flooding if you're new to this stuff.
Han Solo toothpick optional, but helpful.
These are just beautiful! I need to try that icing on a gluten free cookie 🙂 Thanks for the great recipe.
I’ve missed your posts! So glad to see you are back.
I have missed your kids in Sunday school! I had the great pleasure of having both girls when they were in Kindergarten…or maybe it was first grade? I keep switching back and forth. Glad you have posted again!