Sunday, February 14, 2010

Iced Sugar Cookies - Valentine's day special


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Wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!! :)


Though there is nothing much for me to do with this day, I really cant let my blog starve on a happy day when there is a lot of celebration around. So I am celebrating the love for my blog and the love spread all around me.

Love you mom and dad. Love you all my friends. :)

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The A and P are my Sis and Bil :)


I was badly looking to bake something and was also wanting to make some heats. So was googling for a while and found this simple yet interesting cookies in Deeba's lovely blog. If you have not visited her blog before, do it right now. She is just too amazing in everything that she does.

I dint make much of changes in the recipe but would still post it here.


Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

Butter - 3/4 cup
Castor sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 1
All purpose flour(Maida) - 2 1/2 cups
Salt - a pinch(avoid this if your butter is salty)
Almond essence - 1 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method:

Beat the butter and sugar till fluffy and light. Now add the salt, vanilla essence almond essence and beat for 30 seconds. With a spatula mix in the beaten egg. Finally put in all the flour in one go, and gather together to make a firm dough. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes in wrap.

Roll out the dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut with assorted cookie cutters. Preheat the oven to 190deg C. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes, watching closely so that they don’t get too brown.

Remove from oven and let the cookies lay on the sheet for a minute. Let the cookies cool on the grill for a while.

This recipe makes approximately 8 dozen 1 ½” small cookies.

For the icing - I simply used icing sugar mixed with just enough water to make it thick and flowing. Add the required food color and drizzle on the cookies as you like. Be creative and have fun.. :)

Iced sugar cookies is ready to eat.. Its yummm and absolutely attractive for kids. :)

Note: You can dip the cookies in melted chocolate and make it taste and look interesting too. :)

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This is a cute card that my brother-in-law gifted to my sis today. :) Was happy to see a cute valentine couple at home. :)


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My festive mood is always reflected by my Kolam design in the entrance. So here is my valentine's day kolam. :)


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I am happy to send this to Priya's "Heart's for St. Valentine's day" event



Written by: Nithya
post your queries to fourthsensesamayal@gmail.com

43 comments:

Unknown said...

Absolutely beautiful cookies...Luved the half choco hearts, ur creativity needs a special applause ethis time. Happy Valentines day to u too!

Parita said...

Happy Valentine's Day buddy!!! Cookies look so cute and adorable! Perfect way to celebrate :)

Tina said...

Soooo cute and perfect dear....Beautiful clicks too...

chef and her kitchen said...

Wow I just liked the first foto and ur kolam...both r really beautiful..

Latha said...

Cute little hearts. Love the semi-chocolate ones.
Happy V-day.

kitchen queen said...

A very happy valentines day to you.the cookies look very cute and lovely.

Priya Suresh said...

Happy Valentines day Nithya...cookies looks elegant,beautiful and too cute...

Perspectivemedley said...

Hey Nithya!.. so cuute!!:):).. cookies, cards, kolam, everything!:):)... perfect cookies!.. happy Valentine's day!!

Fathima said...

Really Cute looking cookies :-) nice presentation as well...

Christo Gonzales said...

very pretty cookies - thanks!

Simplyfood said...

Beautiful cookies so cute and sweet .Happy valentines day.

Deepti said...

Dear Nithya

Happy V Day 2 U 2 !!!!!!

Gr8 Presentation of ur lovely cookies.....Fabulous Kolam too...

regards
deepti

Anu Nandu said...

Gorgeous plate of hearts! Looks delicious - I love your kolam - super!

Raje said...

Those sweet little hearts look so cute. Happy Valentines Day Nithya!

Unknown said...

wooow!!!awesome cookies,,looks so pretty and yummy...perfect for v'day...

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Cute cookies and Loved the chocolate dipped one nithi.. Offcourse A and P. Loved the array of cookies in the round platter. Happy Valentines day !!!!

Gita Jaishankar said...

Happy Valentines Day dear :) Gosh so many pretty cookies...they look too cute to eat :)

nirupamasundar said...

lovely nithya, your sis would have really felt romantic after seeing ur cookies and kolam, so madam when r u going to get prepared for an exiting valentines day?

Kanchan said...

Awesome Nithya ! Wonderful presentation and classic cookies !

Aparna said...

Perfect Pic..and luvly presentation:)Happy Valentine's day dear..

Anjum said...

Beautiful hearts and very creative.Good to see someone celebrating V day in high spirits!!

Jaishree Iyer said...

Cookies looks Soooo cute...Absolutely beautiful!I love your kolam too:)

Rohini said...

Wonderful cookies, beautiful kolam and the ever-beautiful love lingering in your blog! Loved all of them :)

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Love the cookies and the kolam.

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Hearts are awesome and gorgeous. Nice creativity

Deepthi Shankar said...

yummy cookies Nithya. loved the kolam too

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Super cookie.Nice presentation.We wish u the same

Menaga Sathia said...

Nice presentation&super cookies!!

priya said...

hi dear,

There is an award waiting for u in my blog. Please accept it!!

Mangala Bhat said...

WOW! NICE ONE ..LOVETHE P[ICS ..SUPERB!

Shri said...

You draw so well!!Lovely Kolam:)And Loved those cuties there!!Look absolutely delicious...

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Wow the hearts have come out really well and the icing too!!! Cute ones!!!!

Do send this to Heart Event --
http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/02/announcing-hearts-for-st-valentines-day.html

http://memoryarchieved.blogspot.com

Guntur Traditions said...

thaks for visiting my blog
ur cookies looks soo sweet and delicious
iam aslo follorwing ur blog
http://gunturtraditions.blogspot.com/

Love2cook Malaysia said...

Hi Nithya, thanks for visiting my cyberhome ya!

U've got a wonderful space here too!
Love ur Valentines special! From those lovely cookies, card and kolam. WOW!

Looks like U r pretty interested in photography! Good Job! ;)

Okey, now pass me some cookies pls..:D

Raks said...

Wow,wonderful work Nithya as usal,they are looking so artistic and pretty! Love your kolam too :)

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Very mouth-watering iced sugar cookies with excellent presentation...both u and Pavi are rocking ma:) glad to know u guys:)

Rachel said...

beautiful!

Saraswathi Iyer said...

Perfect cookies.Belated Happy Valentine's day.

Kolam is nice.

Cynthia said...

I really like what you have done with those cookies.

Anupama said...

Amazing collection for valentine's day and the cookies look so adorable.

Divya Kudua said...

Absolutely love the heart shaped cookies.You made so many!!Love the melted chocolate dipped ones too..such pretty cookies:):)

Jaleela Kamal said...

very creative, nice presentation

MiniBinoy said...

awesome clicks!!

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