Easy Valentine Cookies (Aunt Cora's Sugar Cookies)
This is a recipe which has been in our family for ages. These sugar cookies were often made around Valentine's Day, however, they are so delicious you just might want to bake them all year round!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Cream shortening
- Add sugar and eggs to shortening mixture and continue to mix
- Add baking soda to buttermilk
- Add buttermilk mixture to shortening/sugar/egg mixture
- Add remainder of ingredients and mix together
- Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or overnight
- After refrigeration, roll out the dough in small portions onto a decent bed of flour to about 1/4 inch thick and sprinkle with sugar
- Using your favorite cookie cutters, cut out the dough and place onto a baking sheet.
- Bake at 375 for 8 minutes
- Remove from oven and let cool briefly then place on cooling rack.
- Enjoy the decorating process. You can ice them, add colored sugar, or other types of sprinkles. Keep it simple and to your liking.
Notes
For gluten-free cookies simply substitute all-purpose flour with gluten-free all-purpose flour.