I decided to do an experiment on shipping cookies.  Everyone asks me to make cookies for them and I’m never sure they will ship well since they’re so fresh and delicious!  If this experiment works and they arrive in one piece, you can look forward to ordering cookies from me!  Here are some Valentine Cookie [...]

Chocolate and peanut butter are a favorite cookie combo. Make the classic easier with an easy-mix cookie mix or use your own peanut butter cookie recipe.  These cookies are similar to peanut butter blossom cookies that use a Hershey’s Kiss in the center.  The chocolate hearts make this a perfect cookie to celebrate Valentine’s Day. [...]

This recipe makes 17- 3 inch sandwich cookies and 17 – 1 1/2 inch heart shaped cookies. You’ll need a 3-inch heart shaped cutter and a 1 1/2-inch heart shaped cutter. 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional) 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour [...]

1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened 1 (3 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp peppermint extract 3 cups all purpose flour Glaze Ingredients: 1 (12 oz) pkg (2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons shortening Combine all cookie ingredients except flour in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping [...]

Easy Pillsbury® Ready To Bake!™ cookies make these adorable valentines-on-a-stick simply delicious! 1 pkg (18 oz) Pillsbury Ready to Bake refrigerated sugar cookies 20 flat wooden sticks with round ends 1 1/4 cups vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting (from 1 lb container) Assorted small candies or candy decors or nonpareils, if desired 10 yards red curling [...]

“You’ll get a dozen heart-shaped cookies from each sheet of Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry and three different ways to decorate them.” 1 sheet Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry 3 tablespoons caramel topping 3 tablespoons blanched sliced almonds or coconut Thaw pastry sheet at room temperature for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Unfold pastry [...]

Makes 24 heart-shaped cookies 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for surface 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened 6 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 tablespoons light-brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated ginger 1 large egg yolk Sanding sugar, for sprinkling Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into [...]

Topped with sugar and filled with well wishes, these colorful confections make a memorable treat. Chilled 9-inch piecrust Cornstarch 3-inch-wide round cookie cutter or drinking glass Rolling pin or glass. Nontoxic marker Slips of paper Water Colored sugar Cookie sheet 1. Lay a chilled 9-inch piecrust on a cornstarch-dusted surface. Cut out 3-inch-wide circles with [...]

Ingredients for 1 recipe Sugar Cookie Dough, at room temperature 1 teaspoon red gel paste food coloring 4 ounces white chocolate, melted Pink gel paste food coloring Equipment: 2 1/2-by-3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Place butter and sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer and beat until light [...]

1/2 recipe Sugar Cookie Dough, at room temperature 1/4 cup flour 1/4 cup whole almonds, very finely chopped 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar 2 tablespoons red sanding sugar Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. On a work surface, knead the flour into the Sugar Cookie Dough until well combined. Add [...]