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Valentine's Sugar Cookies
These heart shaped cookies are a Valentine's day treat.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 36
Calories: 84 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- vanilla frosting
- Red food coloring
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix the butter and sugar for about 3 minutes, until well combined.
- Add in egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Mix in the flour and salt until just combined.
- Chill the dough for 1-2 hours.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Roll out half of the dough, and use a large heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out the bottom cookies.
- Then roll out the rest of the dough and use the same cookie cutter to cut out the tops, but use a smaller heart cookie cutter to cut a window in the cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges start to brown.
- Cool completely.
- Use the food coloring to make the icing pink.
- Dip the cookie tops in powdered sugar and sandwich the tops and bottoms together with the pink frosting.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
84kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
11g
(4%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
15mg
(5%)
Sodium
81mg
(3%)
Potassium
12mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.2g
(1%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
125IU
(3%)
Calcium
3mg
(0%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 84
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 84kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 81mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 12mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 125IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.