Chocolate sugar cookies are the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! These heart-shaped treats, with their deep chocolate flavor and smooth royal icing finish, are a delicious treat for sharing ...

Beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl ... warmed apricot jam and stick the icing onto the cookies. Decorate with the white and black writing icing.

Add lemon juice to taste, plus sugar, a pinch of salt, and one grind of black pepper. Refrigerate. Shortbread: Place the butter and confectioner’s sugar in a standing mixer and beat until creamy.