Valentine's Cookies
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The sweetest Valentine's Cookies ever! Our cookies are simple cut-out sugar cookies with the most delicious real strawberry icing! The little smiley faces are totally optional, but we think they makes the cookies super cute and extra special!
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Ingredients
cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
strawberry icing
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- .1 ounce freeze dried strawberries (about 1 1/2 tablespoons after blending to powder)
- 7 tablespoons whole milk
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- Pinch salt
optional garnishes
- 36 Candy eyes
- 2 ounces Melted dark chocolate
Instructions
cookies
- Preheat oven to 375˚F.
- In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer cream together butter and sugar.
- Add milk, egg and vanilla and continue to mix. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Pour flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix until evenly blended and a dough forms.
- Divide dough into two discs, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Lightly flour a clean surface. Roll out 1 disc of dough to ⅛ inch thickness. Using a 4-inch heart shaped cookie cutter punch out about 9 heart cookies.
- Transfer cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet, 1 inch apart. (You will need multiple baking sheets or will need to bake cookies in batches).
- Repeat steps 7 and 8 with other half of dough.
- Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies barely begin to brown around the edges.
- Remove baking sheet from oven and allow cookies to rest for about 5 minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack.
strawberry icing
- In a food processor, combine powdered sugar and freeze dried strawberries. Blend until freeze-dried strawberries become a fine powder and evenly mixed with powdered sugar.
- Add remaining icing ingredients and blend together until completely combined and smooth.
assembly
- Once cookies have cooled completely, dip tops of cookies into icing, shaking off any excess.
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack. Add eyes to each cookie and allow icing to dry completely.
- Once icing has dried, transfer melted chocolate to a piping bag fitted with a #2 wilton tip (or Ziploc bag and snip a very small hole at the tip). Pipe smiles on each cookie. Allow chocolate to harden before serving.
Notes
- Makes: about 18 (4") heart cookies and about 50 (2") heart cookies
Nutrition Information
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Calories
309kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
48g
(16%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
37mg
(12%)
Sodium
55mg
(2%)
Potassium
65mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
31g
(62%)
Vitamin A
342IU
(7%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
26mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 18Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 309 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 309kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 48g | 16% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 37mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 55mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 65mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 31g | 62% |
| Vitamin A | 342IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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