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Recipe: Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies

Bake this batch of Valentine's Day cookies for your sweetie or with your kids.

For Monrovia romantics who know their way around the kitchen, homemade Valentine's Day cookies are sure to warm your loved one’s heart. There are endless ways to express your affection with personalized frosting messages atop each cookie. Plus, this tasty treat won’t wilt like overpriced roses! 

Rolled Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk or cream
  • 4 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

  1. Cream shortening and sugar together.
  2. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each addition.
  3. Blend in cream or milk.
  4. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well.
  5. Add vanilla.
  6. Chill for 20 minutes.
  7. Roll out thin and cut the shapes with cookie cutters.
  8. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until edges are brown.

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rubberband May 20, 2013 at 07:17 pm
I agree Bill. Enough snippin' and tail bitin' and finger pointin'...I do find it amusing to thinkRead More what would happen if people who wanted to have a parade/carnival just made it happen. Let's make a parade and carnival, not war.
Bill C. May 20, 2013 at 05:24 pm
The reason the carnival went away was because some in power thought gangsters and some rowdyRead More elements at the carnival made the atmosphere a little to uninviting at times, that was nonsense. When they got out of hand they were kicked out or went to jail. It was ridiculous to end the carnival and to stop the parade based on financing could have been avoided if the problem of financing would have been attacked early enough. Or are people going to tell me there's not enough people in Monrovia willing to give their time, talent and money to make it happen? I grew up in town, haven't lived in Monrovia in a long time but am still one that would assist in seeing the parade and carnival return. As for the cost for police and city employees to work it maybe if they were approached and told it would have to be on a comp time basis only, not pay, they'd be willing to do so. That wouldn't result in some big unfunded liability as you're only talking about an event that's four days at most. This could happen, just takes time, effort and some willingness of people to co-operate with each other to get it done.
rubberband May 20, 2013 at 07:21 am
Figure cost of having carnival in town. (Were we at the same carnival? Been here all my life...toRead More test our bravery every year my father and I would ride on the Zipper. We deserve medals. Also, keep your girls away from the carny workers..shiver!) Figure cost of having police force block off and guard streets and carnival perimeter. Just to have a small parade is expensive with regards to cost. Figure cost of vendor permits, paperwork, city hall staff, and of course the city employees who must set everything up. Go peek at our budget, what happens to it, and people with "good intentions and/or loud angry opinions" who then don't show to do what they said they'd do. I believe that for some time morale has been low, and trust is like thin ice underfoot. We need some humor, reliability, and energy in our city gov't, and with some action and incentive for Monrovians to show up, we will rise again. Enough fighting and snipping in council meetings, more forgiveness and FUN go get it done attitudes. People want to help and participate, let's make it possible for them to do so. Dunk tank needs dunkees for next year. Anyone you'd like to dunk?
rubberband May 20, 2013 at 07:38 am
Who was that face painter? She was really good with the kids, even the wiggly ones. She also wasRead More giving away little handmaid mermaids. Some of the stuff at the celebration was cool. I think next year the city council should be the dunkees for the dunk booth.
Mike Day May 17, 2013 at 09:56 pm
Thanks for the compliments. mor video to follow
Buzlightyear aka marty May 17, 2013 at 07:37 pm
Yeah, it's cute...... For now......
Ellen Zunino May 17, 2013 at 01:02 pm
Cool presentation. Many of us have had our own encounters and all of us have seen numerous photosRead More and videos so your creative approach freshened it up for us.
Dan Crandell May 16, 2013 at 09:28 pm
A California city will never prevail in a lawsuit against the STATE. All CA. cities must merge toRead More sue in mass under Federal RICO laws while we still have Federal laws. Filing alone at the State level is useless. Wake up people.