Valentine's Day!

As many of you, Valentin's Day is coming up in just about a month, and many of you may be looking for a way to add some love into your life, myself included. While I was searching Google looking for recipes, I found one that was Valentine's Day themed which looked delicious! The recipe is by Betty Crocker, which means it can be trusted to taste great. Prep time is about 25 minutes, and cooking is about 5-7 minutes, and the cookies should cool for about 30 minutes before eating. This whole process ends up being an hour long, and it is a fun activity to do with friends or family! The ingredients you will need are:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 drops red food color

	Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vinegar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients except food color. Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half. (If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.)
	On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters. Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired. On ungreased cookie sheet, place shapes about 2 inches apart.
	Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

If you want to have frosting on your cookies, a recipe for that is:

2	cups powdered sugar
1/2	teaspoon vanilla
2	tablespoons milk or half-and-half

In medium bowl, mix all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Spread frosting on cookies.

I hope you enjoy this Valentine's recipe!