Song: "To Make You Feel My Love" by Trisha Yearwood
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Hi Everyone!
Sorry for the huge delay in posting. After some fun times, I am happy to be back. I was inspired to make these cookies for Valentine's Day after seeing them in the store. I understand that Valentine's Day has ended, these cookies aren't strictly for this holiday-their bright pink frosting makes them perfect for a girl's night with your friends, a baby shower, or maybe even a bridal shower where the theme is pink. Pink seems to be a popular color for weddings these days.
One of the best things about these cookies is that the frosting doesn't always have to be the same color. Simply make the cookies and dye their vanilla frosting with whatever color fits your occasion (ig: green for St. Patrick's Day, purple for Relay for Life, etc). Please see below for the recipe I got from Jillian's blog Food Folks and Fun. I'd like to note that I didn't make the frosting because my dad bought some for Christmas, and I wanted to use it before it went bad. Therefore, this recipe features Duncan Hines Vanilla Frosting, which I dyed pink.
Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies:
*This recipe makes about 24
BIG cookies.Ingredients:
- 4½ c. all-purpose flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp. table salt
- 1½ c. butter, at room temperature
- 1½ c. granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 5 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium-high speed until soft and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix the eggs well after each addition, and scrape down the bowl as needed. Add vanilla and mix until everything is just combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until everything is just combined and no flour pockets are remaining. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill for an hour.
- Make sure the oven rack is in the middle position before preheating oven to 350˚ F. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper (or silicone baking mats) and set aside.
- Scoop 3 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Place on prepared cookie sheets and flatten ball slightly with the palm of your hand. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies at least 2-3 inches apart. Bake one cookie sheet at a time and bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes or just until set. Don’t overbake them! When ready, the edges of the cookies will be lightly browned.
- Cool cookies on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Once they're completely cooled, frost the cookies by adding a dollop of frosting to the cookie’s center, and using an offset spatula or spoon to smooth out to edges.
- Let the frosting set for 2 hours before storing the cookies. Jillian recommends keeping the cookies in an airtight container, but since I didn’t have one that was big enough for the cookies, I simply put them on paper plates and covered them with aluminum foil. When I bake cookies, I like to give them away since they’re meant to be shared anyways :).
Since these cookies were originally made for Valentine's Day, I decided to pair them with a love song. I figured the perfect song for this recipe would be "To Make You Feel My Love" by Trisha Yearwood. I heard this song at my Godmom's daughter's wedding when she had her first dance with her husband. I immediately asked her what the song was called. It sounded so beautiful and I had never heard it before. This song has been covered by Adele, and has appeared on Glee. I will say the Glee version makes you tear up because Rachel sings it out of dedication to Finn.
*All rights to this recipe goes to Jillian and her blog Food Folks and Fun.
*All rights to the song "To Make You Feel My Love" go to Trisha Yearwood.
