VALENTINE'S DAY COOKIES

 Valentine's cookies is a easy and adorable way to treat the ones we love. You can wrap it up and use it as a gift or decorate a Valentine's day cake. Here I have made almond flavored cookies with icing sugar paste to decorate :)

Ingredients for the cookie dough :

• 200 g granulated sugar (1 cup)
• 230 g butter (room temp.)
• 1 egg
• 360 g flour (all purpose)
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 tsp baking powder
• red or pink gel food coloring

Mix the butter with sugar in a mixer for 5 minutes. Add the egg, almond extract and gel food coloring and mix for 2 minutes. Sieve the flour and baking powder into the mixture and mix with a spoon or a spatula till all combined. Press the dough in your hands and shape it into a ball. Place the dough in a plastic bag or tin foil and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle some flour on a big cutting board or your kitchen countertop and roll the ball of dough till flat. If the dough is hard to roll, wet your hands with water and knead the dough again.
Cut out your desired shapes. Place baking paper on a baking tray, then place the cutouts on top. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 180°C (350°F).

For decorating I have mixed a cup of icing sugar with 1,5 tsp of water.

Such a beautiful treat straight from the heart :)