Description
Delicious and festive cookies perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Pink gel food coloring
- Valentine sprinkles
Instructions
- Cream the Base: Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually mix into wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Divide and Color Dough: Divide dough in half. Leave one plain and tint the other pink.
- Shape the Cookies: Roll plain dough into balls and flatten slightly. Roll pink dough into thin ropes and form heart borders.
- Decorate: Gently press sprinkles into the center of each cookie.
- Chill: Refrigerate shaped cookies for 30 minutes.
- Bake: Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10–12 minutes until edges are set.
- Cool: Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
Notes
- Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Feel free to use different colors of gel food coloring for other occasions.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg