Best Sugar Cookies

This Valentine's Day I wanted to make heart shaped sugar cookies with leftover dough from Christmas. However, when I defrosted it and tried to roll it out, it just crumbled. So, I quick got on the interweb and found this gem - buttery sugar cookies that don't require any fridge time.

And then I found the perfect icing. It dried hard and shiny, but was still yummy and sweet.

Cookie recipe adapted from Food.com; Icing recipe adapted from AllRecipes.com

Cookie Ingredients
1 c. butter, softened
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1 T vanilla
2 3/4 c flour
2 t baking powder
1 t salt

Icing Ingredients
1 c. powdered sugar
2 t corn syrum
2 T water
1 T vanilla
food coloring

Cookie Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Mix dry ingredients; add to wet ingredients 1 cup at a time
4. Don't chill dough. Roll out dough and cut cookies.
5. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.

Icing Directions

1. Mix all ingredients and add water as needed.