Cheery Cherry Valentine Cookies!

Cheery Cherry Valentine Cookies! ...

or, My Mom's Birthday Cookies

 in this case! 
With our Mom's birthday

on February 13th, we have always used the Valentines theme. 

I think she LOVES it ;o)

I used cherry flavors in my cookie dough and royal icing.

My kitchen smelled heavenly..hmmm.

I also tinted my dough with Wilton rose color..so pretty.

Here's my dough...i heart it :o)

and I'm getting ready to roll...

Sprinkle your work surface with flour.

 I'm making a few fondant hearts for decoration.. 

I dipped my cutter in 10 x sugar first.     

I also rolled the fondant on parchment paper so I wouldn't need additional powdered..it worked perfect..no sticking!

Here are the lovely lavender hearts..

and i didn't even use them!

I am flooding one entire cookie!

I love the look..so clean.

(once it dries)

Place your cookies on parchment paper to dry.

I wanted some of the cookies to resemble love letters..i think they turned out pretty good!

I used a little rose food gel mixed with a drop or two of water, then used a watercolor paintbrush to *flick* on ink splotches.

I used my food writer pen, fondant hearts, pink sugar sprinkles.and heart sprinkles to decorate them.

 I always have to make a few little *dotty heart* cookies...these aren't perfect as i did not feel like outlining the cookie first.

I used my *flood* icing to decorate the entire cookie..as you can see from the uneven lines..

 :o)

before & after

 I iced a few smaller hearts..

 then covered them with tiny heart sprinkles.

These are a smaller version of the 

*love letter* cookies..

These are super tiny cookies.

I used the smallest fondant heart cutter for this cookie, iced it, then used tiny sprinkles to decorate.

Wishing you all a..

 Valentine's filled with..

 Love these...

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Cherry Cookie Dough Recipe

3 cups all purpose four

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup sugar

2 sticks salted butter (softened)

1 large egg

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 teaspoon LorAnn cherry flavor

Wilton rose color food gel

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Combine flour & baking powder in a separate bowl.

Cream butter & sugar in mixer.

Add egg , flavorings & food color, mixing well.

Scrape down sides of bowl and then another quick mix.

Gradually add flour mixture till combined. 

Chill dough.

Bake @ 350 10-12 minutes.

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 Cherry Royal Icing

4 cups confectioners sugar

4 tablespoons meringue powder

6 tablespoons warm water

1 teaspoon cherry extract

1 teaspoon light corn syrup
icing color

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Cover your mixer with a damp towel, mix dry ingredients on low.

Add water, flavor, coloring and corn syrup & mix on low 

7-10 minutes till you have stiff peaks.

For *flood* icing, add small amounts of water stirring slowly until you achieve a glue-like

consistency.

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Sweet 

&

Happy Baking

from

Sugartown Sweets!