Sugar Cookie Dough

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt

In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts; mix well. Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture, one cup at a time. Beat until well blended. Do not chill dough. Divide dough in half; use one half each for Sweet Love Cookies and Got a Crush on You Cupcakes.

Sweet Love Cookies

Makes about 3 dozen cookies
These bite-size hearts are so easy to make but hard to resist! Buttery, subtly sweet cookie dough is pressed into a pan with heart-shaped cavities, then baked. Cooled cookies are glazed with melted white candy and sprinkled with colorful nonpareils.

Sugar Cookie Dough (1/2 of the prepared dough)
3 packages (14 ounces each) White Candy Melts
Valentine Nonpareils or other Valentine Sugars and Sprinkles

Preheat oven to 375∞F. Spray Petite Heart Pan cavities with vegetable pan spray.

Press dough into cavities, filling 2/3 full. Bake 6 to 7 minutes or until light brown around edges. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Turn pan over; lightly tap to remove cookies. Cool completely on cooling grid.

Working with 4 to 5 cookies at a time, place cookies on cooling grid positioned over parchment paper lined cookie sheet or pan. Melt Candy Melts following package instructions; pour or pipe over cookie and let set briefly. Sprinkle with nonpareils. Let dry completely.