Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies

A few years ago my friend Kristine brought some of the most amazing sugar cookies to work for Valentine's Day. It's a tradition in her family to make them and I'm so happy she shared the cookies and the recipe with us! I have continued the tradition of making them every Valentine's Day and I just really hope that my morning sickness won't interfere with making them this year!!

VALENTINE'S DAY SUGAR COOKIES

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups butter
• 7 cups flour (as you can already see, these make A LOT!)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 package vanilla pudding (non-instant)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Mix together and roll out the dough. Using a cookie cutter, cut out the amount of cookies you want and place on a cookie sheet. If the dough is sticky (which mine always is), refrigerate for an hour or two. This batch makes A LOT, so cut it in half if you just wanted to bake a couple dozen. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

FROSTING

• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 square of butter

Soften and mix together. Add:

• 1 pound powder sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix together until smooth. If this is too thick for your liking, you can add milk to thin it out. Enjoy!