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Valentine's Day Slice and Bake Cookies

These Homemade Slice and Bake Cookies are the cutest cookies for Valentine's Day! Perfectly sweet with a red heart in the middle of each cookie!

Prep Time
1 hr 50 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 161 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour unbleached
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter cold & cut into chunks
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp Liquid food coloring red

Instructions

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  1. In a small bowl stir flour and baking powder together. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar together.
  2. Stir in egg, extracts, and vanilla. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients. Once the dough has come together, remove 2/3 of it to a separate bowl.
  3. Stir in the red food coloring to the remaining 1/3 of the dough until uniform in color.
  4. Roll red dough out into a 1 inch slab. Cut out heart shapes and stack them together.
  5. Roll remaining regular colored dough out and cover each row of stacked hearts being careful to keep them together. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour to overnight.
  6. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350° F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat and set aside.
  7. Remove cookie dough logs from fridge and slice into 1/2 inch rounds. Place onto prepared baking sheet leaving 1 inch around each cookie.
  8. Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookie is barely golden brown on the bottom and isn't shiny.
  9. Remove from oven and cool 2 minutes before cooling completely on wire rack.
  10. Serve immediately or store in airtight containers for up to 3 days.

Notes

  • Note: I have found that freezing the stacks for 30 minutes or so makes them easier to work with and not loose their shape. Lightly cover stacks with plastic wrap on a baking sheet and place into the freezer. The regular dough is actually better to be softer (at room temp) so it can stick well to the hearts, otherwise there are going to be some holes between the two colors. 
  • Want know the trick to having perfectly round cookies? Before removing from the baking sheet, take a large round cookie cutter and swirl the cookies around it immediately after they come out of the oven and are still hot. This is called "cookie scooting". This will fix some of the edges and give them a rounder shape.

Nutrition Information

Calories 161kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 20g (7%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 28mg (9%) Sodium 71mg (3%) Potassium 56mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 8g (16%) Vitamin A 248IU (5%) Calcium 20mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 161

% Daily Value*

Calories 161kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 20g 7%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 28mg 9%
Sodium 71mg 3%
Potassium 56mg 1%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 8g 16%
Vitamin A 248IU 5%
Calcium 20mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.