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Valentine’s Cookies

Name: Valentine’s Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Unsalted butter 1 cup; Sugar 1 cup; Whole milk 2 ½ tbsp; Large eggs; Vanilla extract 1 tsp; All-purpose flour 3 cups; Baking powder ½ tsp; Salt ¼ tsp; Powdered sugar 2 ½ cups; Freeze-dried strawberry powder 1 ½ tbsp; Whole milk 7 tbsp; Corn syrup 2 tbsp; Salt pinch; Candy eyes 36; Dark chocolate 2 ounces

with strawberry icing

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1h 30m
Serves 14
Easy
375 ˚F
(1)

Ingredients

	For cookies:
	1 cup Unsalted butter softened
	1 cup Sugar
	2 ½ tbsp Whole milk
	Large eggs beaten
	1 tsp Vanilla extract
	3 cups All-purpose flour
	½ tsp Baking powder
	¼ tsp Salt
	For strawberry icing:
	2 ½ cups Powdered sugar sifted
	1 ½ tbsp Freeze-dried strawberry powder or 1 ounce freeze-dried strawberries
	7 tbsp Whole milk
	2 tbsp Corn syrup light
	pinch Salt
	For optional garnishes:
	36 Candy eyes
	2 ounces Dark chocolate melted

Nutritional information

309

calories

12g

fat

48g

carbohydrates

protein

37mg

cholesterol

55mg

sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

For cookies:
1 cup Unsalted butter
softened
1 cup Sugar
2 ½ tbsp Whole milk
Large eggs
beaten
1 tsp Vanilla extract
3 cups All-purpose flour
½ tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt
For strawberry icing:
2 ½ cups Powdered sugar
sifted
1 ½ tbsp Freeze-dried strawberry powder
or 1 ounce freeze-dried strawberries
7 tbsp Whole milk
2 tbsp Corn syrup
light
pinch Salt
For optional garnishes:
36 Candy eyes
2 ounces Dark chocolate
melted

Valentine’s Cookies

Send your special someone a smile with these playful Valentine’s Cookies! These buttery heart-shaped cookies are generously iced with a sweet strawberry icing that melts in your mouth. My kids love to help me make these delicious cookies. It’s quite easy, and so cute if you’re baking for the kids’ school Valentine’s Day party.

Start with the dough. I make the dough in my stand mixer, but a handheld mixer will do the job. Divide the dough into two equal pieces, then flatten each into a disc. Wrap the dough discs in plastic wrap and chill. Chilling is the secret to perfect sugar cookies, so do not skip this step. Once chilled, roll the dough out to ⅛-inch thickness. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies, then place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake the cookies until the edges barely start to turn golden brown. Let the cookies cool completely before covering them with the strawberry icing and decorating.

To make the Valentine’s Cookies, you’ll need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Valentine’s Cookies

1	Cream together butter and sugar	2
In a large bowl, use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to cream together 1 cup softened unsalted butter and 1 cup sugar.
2	Add milk, egg and vanilla	1
Add in 2 ½ tablespoons whole milk, 1 large egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
3	Combine dry ingredients	1
In a mixing bowl, whisk together 3 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt.
4	Add flour	2
Gradually add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix until evenly combined and a dough forms.
5	Chill	1h
Divide the dough into two equal pieces. Form the dough into balls, then flatten into discs. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
6	Preheat oven	5
Preheat the oven to 375 ˚F.
7	Roll out dough	2
On a floured surface, roll out 1 disc of dough to ⅛-inch thickness.
8	Cut out cookies	2
Use a 4-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out about 9 heart cookies. Space the cookies about 1 inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough.
9	Bake	10
Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cookies just begin to brown around the edges.
10	Cool	5
Let the cookies rest for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
11	Make strawberry icing: Combine sugar and strawberries	1
In a food processor, combine 2 ½ cups sifted powdered sugar and 1 ½ tablespoons freeze-dried strawberry powder. Blend to combine. If using whole freeze-dried strawberries, blend until the strawberries become a fine powder.
12	Add whole milk, corn syrup and salt	2
Add in 7 tablespoons whole milk, 2 tablespoons light corn syrup, and a pinch of salt and blend together until completely smooth.
13	Assemble	3
Once the cookies are cool completely, dip the tops of the cookies into icing, shaking off any excess. Transfer the iced cookies to a cooling rack. Add eyes to each cookie and let the icing dry completely.
14	Pipe smiles	2
Once the icing has dried, transfer the melted chocolate to a piping bag fitted with a #2 wilton tip (or to a ziploc bag and snip a tiny hole at the tip). Pipe the smiles on each cookie. Let the chocolate harden before serving.
15	Serve
Serve and enjoy!

These Valentine’s Cookies are the lovliest cookies to bake up for your special someone. Made this recipe? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.