Yield: 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cups unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Frosting and sprinkles

Directions

1. Soften the butter by leaving it in a room-temperature environment for an hour or microwave for 30 seconds.

   

2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl.
3. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.
4. Stir flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together in a separate bowl.
5. Slowly add the dry mix to the wet ingredients, blending them together using a spoon.
6. Wrap the dough in cling wrap and chill in the refrigerator for one hour or overnight.
7. Preheat the oven to 400°F. 
8. Roll out the dough on a floured surface no less than ¼ inch thick.
9. Cut heart shapes from the rolled dough with a cookie cutter or knife.
10. Place the cut-out cookies on a greased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.
11. Bake the cookies for 6-8 minutes.
12. Wait for the cookies to cool completely.
13. Decorate using frosting and sprinkles of your choice.