Easy valentines day cookies recipes

Add Butter, egg whites , powdered sugar and flour to a bowl, adding one at a time and beating until light and fluffy. watch video for visuals. This is the base dough to which you can add different flavorings.

For plain Butter cookies : add flour to 1/3rd of the flour, knead and roll out to 1/2 cm thick sheet placing the dough in between two baking sheets, refrigerate for 30 minutes before cutting out to shape

For chocolate cookies: mix milk and cocoa powder to form a smooth paste and add to another third of the dough , knead, roll and refrigerate as you did for the first dough.

For Red Velvet Cookies: Add cream cheese and color to the last third of the dough and repeat the process.

Once chilled, take the sheets out of the fridge, Now preheat the oven @ 180C. Cut out desired shapes from the dough sheet . Arrange them on a lined baking tray and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.