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Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe
Your day, whether it's Valentine's Day or not, will start to look a whole lot sweeter with these heart shaped cookies! These are made with a delightful sugar cookie base with a simple, scrumptious icing that you can decorate however your heart desires!
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 eggs
- 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
- A few drops of red and pink food colour
- 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
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
21mg
(7%)
Sodium
91mg
(4%)
Potassium
18mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
133IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
14mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36cookies
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.