5 from 62 votes
Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe
This Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies recipe yields tender, sweet cookies cut into festive heart shapes. The dough is chilled before rolling to ensure clean, defined shapes that bake to a lightly browned exterior with a soft center. Topped with a smooth, pourable icing in shades of red and pink and decorated with sprinkles, these cookies combine simple ingredients for a classic treat perfect for celebrations or gift-giving.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
36
cookies
Calories:
131 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- ¾ cups butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- Food Coloring red and pink, a few drops
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for one more minute.
- In a medium-sized bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix till combined.
- Make a ball out of the dough, wrap it in parchment paper or wax paper, and put it into your fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll out half the dough to just under ½ inch thick between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Cut out heart shapes and transfer the cookies to a baking sheet.
- Bake on cookie sheets for 6-8 minutes, or until lightly browned on the bottom. Remove from oven and cool completely.
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Icing
- In a medium-sized bowl, Add the powdered sugar, milk, and light corn syrup. Mix well, adding a little extra milk if needed. The icing should be pourable but still thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (or a cookie!)
- Divide the icing between 2 shallow bowls. Add a few drops of pink to one bowl and leave the other bowl white.
- When the cookies are completely cool, it's time to ice them. Working with one cookie at a time, dip the cookies into the icing so that one side is completely coated. Set it aside on a cooling rack.
- Wait about 1 minute so the icing isn't too wet and then add sprinkles. Make sure that the icing has hardened completely before storing the cookies.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 cookie
Calories
131kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
22g
(7%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
21mg
(7%)
Sodium
91mg
(4%)
Potassium
18mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
133IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
14mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 131
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 131kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 91mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 133IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 14mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.