Special Valentines Day Sugar Cookies

What makes them special? I have no idea, except that the Angel of the Lord brought them down to me with his chorus of angels singing a never ending song of "Alleluias!". Just kidding :) But, seriously, these cookies are quite good!

I got this sugar cookie recipe from Sandy Toes. She used this recipe in her Stir and Season Saturday today. So anyway, here it is!

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

21/2 cup all purpose flour (I had to use a little more than that because my dough was all sticky)

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp salt

Cream shortening, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Add all the dry ingredients. Cover and chill overnight. Roll and cut out cookies the next day {about 1/4 inch thick. And I just chilled it for a couple of hours}. Bake at 350 until light brown (about 6-8 minutes).

Dad and I made a deal that if he bought the sprinkles, I would bake him special Valentines day cookies! Sounds like a pretty good deal to me! Here's the finished product!


Enjoy!



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