Your day, whether it's Valentine's Day or not, will start to look a whole lot sweeter with these heart shaped cookies! These are made with a delightful sugar cookie base with a simple, scrumptious icing that you can decorate however your heart desires!
Ingredients
¾cupsbutter, room temperature
1cupgranulated sugar
2largeeggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
Icing
3cupspowdered sugar
2tablespoonsmilk
1tablespoonlight corn syrup
A few drops of red and pink food colour
Sprinkles
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for one more minute.
¾ cups butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a medium-sized bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix till combined.
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
Make a ball out of the dough, wrap it in parchment paper or wax paper, and put it into your fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll out half the dough to just under ½ inch thick between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Cut out heart shapes and transfer the cookies to a baking sheet.
Bake on cookie sheets for 6-8 minutes, or until lightly browned on the bottom. Remove from oven and cool completely.
Icing
In a medium-sized bowl, Add the powdered sugar, milk, and light corn syrup. Mix well, adding a little extra milk if needed. The icing should be pourable but still thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (or a cookie!)
Divide the icing between 2 shallow bowls. Add a few drops of pink to one bowl and leave the other bowl white.
A few drops of red and pink food colour
When the cookies are completely cool, it's time to ice them. Working with one cookie at a time, dip the cookies into the icing so that one side is completely coated. Set it aside on a cooling rack.
Wait about 1 minute so the icing isn't too wet and then add sprinkles. Make sure that the icing has hardened completely before storing the cookies.