Happy Valentine's Day!

My husband is out shoveling snow for a couple of hours so the kids and I decided to bake some cookies for Valentine's Day.  The kids had a blast and I wish that I had taken a picture of the kitchen when they were done (picture a flour bomb being set off). We baked basic sugar cookies we cut out with round cutters, half with heart cutouts in their centers, sandwiching them together with leftover chocolate frosting and heart sprinkles. We only baked half a batch of the sugar cookies and put the rest in the freezer for another day.

Sugar Cookies

1 1/4 cup    butter, softened
1 cup          sugar
1                 egg
1 1/2 tsp     vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups   all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp         salt

 Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cream butter and sugar on low-medium speed. Mix about 1 minute scraping down sides of bowl.
Add egg and vanilla, mixing until combined.
Sift flour and salt together then add to bowl. When dough clumps around the paddle it is ready.
Roll out half of the dough on a well floured surface and cut out your shapes. place cutouts on cookie sheet(s). Reroll scraps, and second half of dough, and repeat.
Bake 8-12 minutes until edges are golden brown.
Let cool on trays for 5 minutes and then transfer to cooling racks. Once completely cooled, decorate as desired. Enjoy!