Be My Valentine!

I love Valentine's Day!  Love the pinks, the reds, the hearts, the sweets.  Love love love.


It is also an excuse to make frosted cookies.  Christmas and Valentine's Day.  My two days to sugar over load.

I use a Martha Stewart recipe and add a bit of lemon zest.  I would double the recipe.

I used to leave these cookies naked.  Sometimes, I would let the kids shake some sprinkles on them.  Nothing special.  Then, I saw a nytimes Melissa Clark video on decorating cookies. This broke down the barrier between me and frosting.  Please watch it.  And then go make your rustically beautiful cookies.  

Royal Frosting
2 T. pasteurized egg whites (as with all good things, available at Trader Joes)
1 t. lemon juice
1 1/2 to 2 C. powdered sugar
food coloring


1.  Beat egg whites and lemon juice until foamy.
2.  Add powdered sugar until consistency is stiff.  Taste as you go, you don't want the frosting too sweet.
3.  Add a drop of food coloring, mix and frost away.