Diabetes

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!  Calm down.  Today we will be baking! Yay V-day!  If your boyfriend is allergic to dairy like mine is, then you sit in bed next to him eating a giant block of cheese while watching Chopped.  Also, you tend to bake more dairy-free things so that you're not eating all the cookies alone. In a corner. Because you're an asshole.  SO.  My favorite thing to make my lover is snicker doodles.  They're his favorite type of cookie, and I've perfected this recipe.  And it makes me happy that I know at least one recipe by heart (besides my chili).  I did something slightly different by cooking them in a heart-shaped cupcake tray that I got at CVS.  If you have a heart-shaped cookie cutter, then that works too.

Snicker doodles
Bitch, I did this myself. (Yields 40 cookies.  I know, right?)

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
1 pinch baking soda
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons cinnamon
sugar and cinnamon to roll the dough balls in before baking

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix butter, sugar, and eggs together in a mixer on low speed.

3.  Mix in baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

4.  Add the flour (in small batches) to the mixing bowl.  Mix all ingredients on low speed until combined.

5.  Mix equal parts sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl.

6.  Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.  Using your hands, mush the dough into the cupcake tray hearts (or just place the dough balls on a baking sheet if you're not feeling the hearts).

7.  Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden brown.

You can never go wrong with butter and sugar... and cinnamon.  Cinnamon is up there.  Happy Valentimes!