Best 10 Santa Heart Shaped Cookies Recipes

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image

Searching for the perfect recipe to bake delightful Santa heart-shaped cookies? Look no further! Embark on a culinary journey as we present a collection of delectable recipes that will fill your kitchen with the aromas of the holiday season. From classic sugar cookies adorned with festive icing to rich and decadent chocolate-dipped treats, our selection caters to every taste and skill level. Gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and prepare to create a batch of charming cookies that will bring joy and sweetness to your holiday gatherings. Let's dive into the wonderful world of Santa heart-shaped cookies and discover the perfect recipe for your next baking adventure!

Let's cook with our recipes!

SANTA SUGAR COOKIES



Santa Sugar Cookies image

Ho ho ho! St. Nick can drop in any time when you bake these cute-as-can-be treats formed with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.-Jill Boruff, Soap Lake, Washington

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h10m

Yield about 4 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 17

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1-1/2 cups shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
4-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 large eggs, room temperature
6-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
FROSTING:
2 cans (12 ounces each) whipped vanilla frosting
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Brown and red M&M's minis
Red colored sugar
Red jimmies

Steps:

  • Cream first four ingredients until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Divide dough in half; shape into disks. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate until firm enough to roll, 1-2 hours. , Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until firm, 8-10 minutes (do not overbake). Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely., For frosting, beat canned frosting, butter and confectioners' sugar until well-blended. Cut a hole in the tip of a pastry bag or corner of a food-safe plastic bag; insert #16 star tip and fill with frosting. Placing hearts point side up, use a small amount of frosting to attach brown M&M's for eyes and red M&M's for noses. Use remaining frosting to pipe hats, beards and mustaches. Sprinkle hats with red sugar; add jimmies for mouths.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 299 calories, Fat 15g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 28mg cholesterol, Sodium 198mg sodium, Carbohydrate 38g carbohydrate (24g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.

SANTA HEART-SHAPED COOKIES



Santa Heart-Shaped Cookies image

Sometimes creativity and simplicity come together in the kitchen and result in an idea that makes you say, "Now why didn't I think of that before?" These super-cute and customizable Santa cookies started with an unbelievably easy twist: turning a heart-shaped cookie cutter upside down. With that simple move, the pointy end becomes Old St. Nick's hat and the lobes of the heart make a full and fluffy beard. And speaking of simplicity, these cookies are oh-so-easy to make since the two key ingredients are Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix and Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting. Where you go from there is up to you! Choose sprinkles, mini marshmallows, and candies of all kinds-and let the kids get in on the fun. Just be sure to have them ready to go by the time you hear footsteps up on the housetop. Leave them out with a glass of milk for a treat that'll make Santa smile.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h50m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pouch Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
3 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg
Betty Crocker™ red gel food color
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Decorations, as desired
Betty Crocker™ Candy Shop candy eyeballs, M&M's® Minis™ chocolate candies, semisweet chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, flaked coconut, white candy sprinkles

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375°F.
  • In large bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, melted butter and egg until soft dough forms. On floured surface, roll dough 1/4-inch thick. Cut with floured 3-inch heart shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • In small bowl, stir food color into 1/2 cup of frosting to create desired color. Place 1/3 cup untinted frosting into small resealable food storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag; set aside.
  • Turn cookies so pointed ends are up. Working with one cookie at a time, spread 2 teaspoons of remaining untinted frosting on lower third of cookie for beard. Spread generous teaspoon red frosting on upper 1/3 of cookie for hat. Squeeze bag of frosting to pipe dots to attach eyes and nose. Pipe to finish hat, pom pom; decorate with additional decorations as desired. (Use photo as guide.)
  • Decorate each cookie before starting another so frosting does not set. Let stand until frosting is set, about 1 hour. Store in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 380, Carbohydrate 64 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Fat 2 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 220 mg, Sugar 43 g, TransFat 0 g

SANTA HEART COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)



Santa Heart Cookies Recipe - (4.4/5) image

Provided by carvalhohm

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pouch Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
Ingredients to make sugar cookies
1 pouch Betty Crocker Red Cookie Icing
1 pouch Betty Crocker White Cookie Icing
1 pouch Betty Crocker Black Cookie Icing
1 bottle Snow Crystal Decors
1 bottle Betty Crocker Holly Berry Decors

Steps:

  • Prepare sugar cookie mix according to cut out cookie directions found on the cookie mix package. Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness and cutout Santa faces using heart shaped cookie cutter. Bake as directed. When cookies have cooled, use red and white cookie Icings to make Santa's hat and beard. Allow icing to dry for 1 hour before continuing. Once icing has set, out line beard and hat with white cookie icing and sprinkle on snow crystal decors. Pipe eyes with black cookie icing and use holly berry decors for nose.

SANTA FACE SHORTBREAD COOKIES



Santa Face Shortbread Cookies image

Relish these Santa faced oatmeal shortbread cookies frosted with Betty Crocker® decorating icing - a distinctive Christmas dessert.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 cans (6.4 oz each) Betty Crocker™ Easy Flow white decorating icing
6 miniature marshmallows, cut in half
1 tablespoon Betty Crocker™ red sugar
24 blue miniature candy-coated chocolate candies
12 red miniature candy-coated chocolate candies

Steps:

  • In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Stir in flour, oats and baking powder. Gather dough into ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • Heat oven to 350°F. On well-floured surface, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3- to 3 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  • Turn cookies so pointed ends are up. Using desired tip, pipe frosting on upper 1/3 of cookie. Place 1 marshmallow half at tip of each cookie for hat; sprinkle with red sugar. Using small dots of frosting, attach 2 blue candies on each cookie for eyes. Pipe small frosting mustache below eyes; place red candy in center for mouth. Pipe frosting on lower 1/3 of each cookie for beard. Store in single layer, loosely covered.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190, Carbohydrate 20 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 9 g, TransFat 0 g

HEART-SHAPED COOKIES



Heart-Shaped Cookies image

I used a no-fail sugar cookie recipe to make these wonderful heart-shaped cookies filled with strawberry jam. I know you will enjoy this recipe.

Provided by Mari

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Cut-Out Cookie Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup white sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 (10 ounce) jar strawberry jam
¼ cup powdered sugar, or as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla extract. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl and add to butter mixture. Mix well.
  • Put a handful of the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll to desired thickness. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Put the rolled dough, including the parchment paper, on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes or longer. Repeat the process with scraps after cutting cookies.
  • Cut 24 heart-shaped cookies of the same size from the dough. Use a smaller heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut a second hole in half of the cookies; this will be the window where the jam will show through. Transfer the cut cookies to a baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack to allow to cool, 20 to 30 minutes. Spread about 1/2 teaspoon of jam into the centers of the cookies without the heart-cut centers. Sprinkle powdered sugar on the rest of the cookies with the heart-cut centers, and mount onto the cookies with jam.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 390.4 calories, Carbohydrate 58.7 g, Cholesterol 56.2 mg, Fat 16.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 146.1 mg, Sugar 33.6 g

SANTA COOKIES



Santa Cookies image

The young and young at heart can't resist sugar cookies decorated to resemble jolly old St. Nick!

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon red cinnamon candies
1/2 cup fluffy white whipped ready-to-spread frosting (from 12-oz container)
1/4 cup flaked coconut or edible glitter
1 roll (0.75 oz) chewy fruit snack in 3-foot rolls (any red flavor)

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in vanilla and egg. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls. For each cookie, flatten ball into about 1 1/2-inch round with fingers; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Lightly press 2 chocolate chips into upper third of each dough round for eyes.
  • Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately press 1 cinnamon candy onto each cookie for nose. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 15 minutes.
  • Place frosting in small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut off small corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe frosting along bottom edge of cookie and above cinnamon candy for beard. Lightly sprinkle coconut over frosting; gently press into frosting.
  • Cut fruit snack into 2-inch-long pieces. Cut each piece diagonally in half to make 2 triangles. With small amount of frosting, attach fruit snack triangle on each cookie for hat. Fold top corner of each triangle over; pipe frosting "tassle" on pointed end of each "hat."

Nutrition Facts : Calories 90, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 60 mg, Sugar 7 g, TransFat 0 g

SANTA SUGAR COOKIES



Santa Sugar Cookies image

Santa-shaped rolled sugar cookies, decorated with red and white icing, have a fun Reddi-wip beard added just before eating.

Provided by Pam Cooking Spray

Categories     Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips

Time 4h

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
2 (7 ounce) pouches red decorating cookie icing
2 (7 ounce) pouches white decorating cookie icing
22 red candy-coated chocolate pieces
44 semisweet chocolate morsels
Reddi-wip® Original Dairy Whipped Topping

Steps:

  • Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended. Divide dough into 3 portions; wrap each tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough 2 hours or until thoroughly chilled and firm enough to handle.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray baking sheets and 5-inch Santa face cookie cutter with cooking spray; set aside. Roll out 1 portion of dough to 1/4-inch thickness on floured surface with floured rolling pin. Cut out cookies with prepared cutter. Transfer with metal spatula to baking sheet, placing 1 inch apart. Repeat with remaining dough portions, spraying cutter with additional cooking spray as needed.
  • Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are browned lightly. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute before removing cookies and placing on wire racks to cool completely.
  • Use red icing to fill in the hat, leaving the tip of the hat blank. Use white icing to fill in the tip of the hat, the brim of the hat, the beard and to make 2 dots in the center of the face for the eyes. Place a red candy centered between the eyes at the top of the beard for the nose and a mini morsel on each white dot to make eyes. Top beard with Reddi-wip® just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 546.8 calories, Carbohydrate 77.4 g, Cholesterol 41 mg, Fat 27.6 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.6 g, Sodium 231.5 mg, Sugar 57.8 g

SANTA BELL COOKIES



Santa Bell Cookies image

These Santa faced, bell shaped Betty Crocker® Sugar cookies are decorated with coconut, icing, red sparkling sugar and candies - the perfect Christmas dessert for a timeless treat.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h20m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pouch Betty Crocker™ Sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing white icing
1/2 cup flaked coconut
2 tablespoons Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing red icing (from 7-oz pouch)
2 tablespoons coarse red sparkling sugar
24 brown candy-coated milk chocolate candies
12 red cinnamon candies

Steps:

  • In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour, egg and almond extract until soft dough forms. Shape dough into ball; flatten slightly. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour.
  • Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap dough; on floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with floured 4 3/4-inch bell-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • For each cookie, spread or pipe white icing onto bottom of bell for beard and mustache and onto top of bell for hat pom-pom; sprinkle with coconut. Pipe red icing under pom-pom for hat; sprinkle with red sugar. Use white icing to attach milk chocolate candies for eyes and cinnamon candies for nose. Use red icing for mouth and white icing for eyebrows. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 370, Carbohydrate 55 g, Fat 3, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 230 mg

ICED HEART COOKIES



Iced Heart Cookies image

Show your love with these adorable sugar cookies! They're cut out in heart shapes and decorated with royal icing and edible luster dust.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 2h15m

Yield Makes 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 pound confectioners' sugar (2 spooned and leveled cups)
1 large egg white, or 2 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder
Gel food color (optional)
Edible Luster Dust (optional)

Steps:

  • Cookies: In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture; beat until combined. Divide dough in half; flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic and freeze until firm, about 20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment. Remove 1 disk of dough; let stand 5 to 10 minutes. Roll out 1/8 inch thick between two sheets of floured parchment, dusting with flour as needed. Cut shapes with 2 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutters. Using a spatula, transfer to prepared baking sheets (if dough gets too soft, refrigerate 10 minutes). Reroll scraps and cut more shapes. Repeat with remaining disk of dough.
  • Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. (If bubbles form, tap baking sheet firmly against oven rack a few times during baking.) Let cool completely on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 1 week.
  • Royal Icing: In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine confectioners' sugar and egg white on low speed. Add a scant 1/4 cup water, then increase speed to medium-high and mix until icing holds a ribbon-like trail on surface for 3 seconds when you raise paddle, about 10 minutes. Reduce speed to low and mix 1 minute more to eliminate air bubbles. Divide icing and add food color, a drop at a time, until desired color is reached to one half. Use immediately, or store in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 3 days. Stir well before using.
  • Decorating: Pour white icing into a bowl, hold a cookie face down, and gently dip it in, letting excess drip off and tapping gently to remove bubbles. Arrange iced cookies end to end. Let dry completely, then brush across each cookie diagonally with pink "paint." For gold specks, dot on edible luster dust mixed with a bit of lemon or other clear extract.

SIRI'S HEART SUGAR COOKIES



Siri's Heart Sugar Cookies image

This recipe I revised from my grandma's Christmas angel roll-out cookies. They are sort of cakey, but this can be reduced by omitting half of the cream of tartar, though I prefer them thick and soft. Top with your favorite cream cheese or basic cookie frosting. I find it's best with almond extract and coconut on top. Enjoy!

Provided by LITTLEBAKERSIRI

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Sugar Cookies

Time 32m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 10

⅔ cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar, or more to taste
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ teaspoons cream of tartar
¼ cup milk
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 cup all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  • Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until fluffy. Add 1 egg, allowing it to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next with the vanilla extract.
  • Dissolve cream of tartar in milk; beat into the butter mixture. Add 4 cups flour and pinch of salt; beat until doughy.
  • Spread 1 cup flour onto a flat work surface. Roll the dough out on the prepared surface; cut out in desired shapes until all dough is used.
  • Bake on non-stick baking sheets in preheated oven until cookies are set in the middle, about 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 287.5 calories, Carbohydrate 45.6 g, Cholesterol 43.8 mg, Fat 9.3 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 152.9 mg, Sugar 13.7 g

Tips:

  • Use high-quality ingredients. The better the ingredients, the better the cookies will taste. Use real butter, pure vanilla extract, and high-quality chocolate chips.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help the cookies to be chewy and tender.
  • Chill the dough before baking. This will help the cookies to hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
  • Bake the cookies at the right temperature. The cookies should be baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes, or until they are just set.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before decorating. This will help the decorations to stay in place.

Conclusion:

Santa Heart-Shaped Cookies are a classic holiday treat that is perfect for spreading holiday cheer. These festive cookies are fun and delicious for people of all ages. Whether you are making them for a cookie exchange, a holiday party, or just to enjoy with your family, Santa Heart-Shaped Cookies are sure to be a hit.

Related Topics