Welcome, procrastinators! If you've waited until the last minute to pay any mind to Valentine's Day, I'm willing to bet you're feeling just a little guilty. Even if you think Hallmark Holidays are worse than the plague. Even if you do, who knows if your boyfriend, girlfriend, or friends don't secretly harbor a little sentimentality for converstion hearts and roses?
What to do? Buy her some cheap jewelry? Get him those awful boxers with creepy cupids on them? Hardly! Just get some flour, some eggs, some milk and sugar, and a little more...and you've got yourself a sweet treat just in time for Feb 14.
Guys, go counterintuitive! A man who bakes for a woman scores some serious points.
(fotomele on flickr gets credit for this great picture)
Now Entering Valentine's Day Central!
Look no further. These sites are all you need to get your bake on.
- MarthaStewart.com
- As always, Martha Stewart has it all -- visit her Valentine's Day Shop here.
- The Food Network: Valentine's Cookies
- A great cookie recipe from trusty The Food Network.
- Easy Valentine Sandwich Cookies, from All Recipes.com
- This recipe makes 17 3inch sandwich cookies. You'll need a 3-inch heart shaped cutter and a 1 1/2-inch heart shaped cutter. Frost with Pink Valentine Frosting (see recipe).
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Valentine Cookies, from Martha Stewart Living
"Makes several dozen, depending on cookie size
This recipe makes a lot of cookies, but it can be halved, or you can freeze a portion of the dough for up to three weeks.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
4 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup pale-pink or white sanding sugar(optional)
Petal dust in pink, orange, and violet tones(optional)
2/3 cup apricot or strawberry jam, slightly warmed (optional)"
To read the complete baking instructions, click here.
"Makes several dozen, depending on cookie size
This recipe makes a lot of cookies, but it can be halved, or you can freeze a portion of the dough for up to three weeks.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
4 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup pale-pink or white sanding sugar(optional)
Petal dust in pink, orange, and violet tones(optional)
2/3 cup apricot or strawberry jam, slightly warmed (optional)"
To read the complete baking instructions, click here.
Don't Bake? Buy!
Mrs. Fields means cookies.
Mrs. Fields comes through with a Valentine's Day cookie basket. Buy it here.
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