Art has never been my forte. I bought a book to try to make better looking cakes and cookies. I flipped through it and got awfully inspired. I wanted to do so many things. I decided to start small. Don't be so ambitious, I thought. You need to start simple and build up from them. I read from my book that cookies are a great way to get started in pasty decoration. So I decided to start with Heart Cookies. I gathered my supplies. I waited for the right moment. But the right moment never came. I lost steam. My interest moved elsewhere.
And then I had butter cookies at Mad's place. It was delicious. I was inspired. Two days later, I made butter cookies too. And then remembered my plan to make Heart Cookies.
And one afternoon and a whole lot of mess later, I had my Heart Cookies. They were not gorgeous - but I think they are much better-looking than the things I generally make.
I won't do it again though (I think) - the thought of making royal icing, dyeing them, outlining and flooding the cookies and then decorating with sanding sugar is giving me the shudders.
11 oz AP flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
6 oz butter unsalted
4 oz granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Sift flour, salt and baking powder together and set aside. Combine butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Beat until dough comes together - do not overmix. Form dough into a ball on a lightly floured surface, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Place better two pcs of parchment paper and roll out to 1/4 inch thick. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350F. Cut cookies into desired shapes and transfer to freezer and chill at least 15 minutes. Bake until light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
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