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heart shaped valentines sugar cookies

Sugar Cookies

If you like soft sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting, then this recipe is for you!

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Dough

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 2 cups grandulated sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tsp almond extract
  • 5 tsp baking powder
  • 6 cups flour

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 package of cream cheese softened
  • 3/4 cups butter, softened
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 4-5 cups powdered sugar add in cup by cup till reaches the right consistancy

Instructions

Sugar Cookies

  1. Combine butter and sugar using a mixer. Add in all wet ingredients and continue mixing .In a separate bowl, combine baking powder and flour.  Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet batter until you have reached desired dough consistency. I use a kitchen aid for this process.

  2. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.

  3. Roll out dough to about 1/4 thickness. cut out desired shapes (in this case hearts) and Bake for *6-7 minutes at 375.  *I like my cookies extra soft and chewy so I bake mine for 5 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. whip butter and cream cheese together till combined. Add vanilla,almond extract, and powdered sugar cup by cup. Continue mixing while adding 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time till you reach desired consistancy (between 4-5 cups).

    *Note:The doughis a double batch, I usually freeze half the dough to use at a later time.

    * I know a lot of bakers prefer unsalted butter, but I like using salted butter for both frosting & cookies. Mix together in mixer.

Recipe Notes

*Note: Both the dough and frosting recipes are doubled.  I usually freeze half the dough and frosting to use at a later time. For example, I made this batch of frosting and cookie dough at Christmas.

* I know a lot of bakers prefer unsalted butter, but I like using salted butter for both frosting & cookies.