Pink Valentine Heart Cookies
Calories: 9
Adjust Servings Here: 18 Cookies
Description
These Valentine heart cookies are made with three colors and shaped into hearts for a simple yet elegant display of love! Perfect for a Valentine's Day treat packed with flavor and love in every bite. Experience the joy of baking with love!
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 2½ cups (310 g) All-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp (15 g) Cornstarch
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup (227 g) Unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup (120 g) Powdered sugar
- 1 large Egg (I used 2 egg yolks)
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
For the colors
- Pink food coloring
- Red food coloring
- Fuscia food coloring
Instructions
- Dry ingredients - Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl.2½ cups All-purpose flour, 2 tbsp Cornstarch, ½ tsp Baking powder, ½ tsp Salt
- Wet ingredients - In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. You can use a hand mixer or a stand mixer for this step.1 cup Unsalted butter, 1 cup Powdered sugar, 1 large Egg , 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Dry to wet - Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the mixing bowl. Mix until a dough forms. The dough might be crumbly at first but should come together when you knead it with your hands.
- Divide the dough into four equal portions. Leave one portion as it is for white cookies.
- Dye - Add a few drops of pink, red, and fascia gel food coloring to the other three portions of cookie dough. Knead the dough until the color is evenly distributed.Pink food coloring, Red food coloring, Fuscia food coloring
- Chill - Wrap each colored dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to firm it up.
- Oven - Preheat your oven to 350°F /175°C/ Gas Mark 4 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll - Take one colored dough out of the refrigerator at a time. Roll it out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut - Use heart-shaped cookie cutters to cut out various heart shapes from each colored dough. You can use different sizes for variety. Carefully transfer the heart-shaped cookies to the prepared baking sheet, leaving a bit of space between each one.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies start to turn golden.
- Cool - Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Decorate - Once the cookies are completely cool, you can decorate them with icing, sprinkles, or powdered sugar if desired.
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