Cut Out Heart-Shaped Cookies
These cut out Valentine's Day cookies have the perfect sweetness and texture you're looking for in a sugar cookie and perfect for any holiday or celebration!
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 127kcal
Ingredients
Cookies
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 ½ tablespoon milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
icing
- ¼ cup butter room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 3-4 tbsp milk
Instructions
Cookies
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add flour and baking powder, beating again until blended.
- Divide dough into 2 equal portions. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or longer. Prior to baking the cookies, allow the dough to stand at room temperature until soft enough to roll easily.
- To bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 375°F. On a lightly floured surface roll dough ¼ inch thick. With lightly floured cookie cutters, cut into desired shapes. Pat any excess flour off and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Re-roll scraps and bake in batches as needed Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden.
- Transfer the cookies from the baking sheet to a cooling rack. Once completely cooled, decorate as desired with buttercream icing and decorations. Let stand ant room temperature until set.
Icing
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine butter, powdered sugar, strawberry extract and 3 tablespoons of the milk in a large bowl or stand mixer. Beat on high speed until smooth. Whip in the additional tablespoon of milk if needed.
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Notes
Tips and Substitutions
- Dough Rolling Tips: If the dough is too hard when you're ready to roll it out, let it come to room temperature a little longer. This dough is easy to roll when it's ready.You can re-roll the scraps as you cut out the cookies. More than 3 re-rolls aren't recommended to keep the optimal yummy cookie texture.
- Dough Cut-Out Tips: Dip the cookie cutter in flour before each cut. It helps achieve clean cuts without sticking.
- Dough Baking Tips: The cookies go from perfectly toasted to TOO toasted in about 45 seconds. To prevent this from happening, watch your first batch closely starting at 7 minutes into the bake time. Once you see a HINT of brown, crispy edges, they're done. Now you'll know the perfect bake time for the rest of your batches.
- Room Temperature Ingredients: For best results, allow butter and egg to come to room temperature before blending. This will create a smoother cookie dough.
- Frosting Variations: If you want to opt out of having frosting, you can add sprinkles on them before baking. Vanilla extract can be swapped for any extract flavor desired. Lemon extract and almond extract are two of our favorites but maple, coconut, orange, peppermint, and butter extract work great as well. Besides buttercream, royal icing, cream cheese frosting, or even fondant can be used to decorate cut-out cookies. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating. You can also melt white chocolate, dark chocolate, or milk chocolate chips for drizzling over the top.
- Valentine's Day Celebration: Serving these cookies for a party? This Valentine Punch is the perfect accompaniment! It has 3 simple ingredients and is quick to prepare! Your loved one will LOVE it!
Nutrition
Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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