Best 3 Valentines Day Cookies Recipes

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THE ULTIMATE VALENTINE'S DAY COOKIE



The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie image

Your sweetheart will be yours forever when you give him or her a batch of these delicious, heart-shaped cookies.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 drops red food color
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk or half-and-half

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vinegar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients except food color. Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half. (If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.)
  • On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters. Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired. On ungreased cookie sheet, place shapes about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • In medium bowl, mix all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Spread frosting on cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 70, Carbohydrate 7 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 60 mg

EASY VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES



Easy Valentine Sandwich Cookies image

This recipe makes 17- 3 inch sandwich cookies and 17 - 1 1/2 inch heart shaped cookies. You'll need a 3-inch heart shaped cutter and a 1 1/2-inch heart shaped cutter. Frost with Pink Valentine Frosting (see recipe).

Provided by Laria Tabul

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Sandwich Cookie Recipes

Yield 17

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup butter
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond extract. Mix well.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; blend into the butter mixture. Divide dough into thirds and shape into balls.
  • Working with 1/3 of dough at a time, roll out dough into desired thickness on a lightly floured surface. For each heart sandwich cookie, cut out 2 3-inch hearts. Cut out the center of ONE of the 3-inch hearts with the 1 1/2-inch cutter.
  • Place each piece separately on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 - 2 inches apart. Bake in a preheated, 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven until lightly browned (7-8 minutes for 1/4 inch thick cookies). Cool completely on wire rack. Frost bottom cookie with Pink Valentine Frosting and place an open centered cookie on top to form the sandwich. Also frost the small 1 1/2 inch hearts and serve as separate cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 209.6 calories, Carbohydrate 24.7 g, Cholesterol 39.7 mg, Fat 11.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Sodium 155.7 mg, Sugar 10.5 g

VALENTINE'S DAY SUGAR COOKIES



Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies image

Whether you are looking for a homemade gift for someone special or a fun holiday activity with kids, these sugar cookies couldn't be simpler, tastier or more beautiful. We take the buttery and perfectly crisp rounds and dip them into colored icing, resulting in a marbled and jewel-like effect that'll surely impress your valentine. Swap out the cookie cutter shapes and colors to create cookies for any holiday or special occasion.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 5h15m

Yield about twenty 3-inch and twenty 1 ½-inch cookies

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note), plus more for dusting
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (12 tablespoons), at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Red gel food coloring
Pink gel food coloring
Sprinkles, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • For the cookies: Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and mix until fully incorporated, about 1 minute. Reduce the speed to low, add the flour mixture and mix until well combined, scraping down sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed, about 2 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces. Working with 1 piece at a time, roll the dough on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper until it's about 1/8-inch thick. Using heart-shaped cookie cutters, cut the dough and place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart (a small off-set spatula is really helpful when transferring the cookies). After both pieces of dough have been rolled out and cut, combine the dough scraps and re-roll and cut to utilize as much of the dough as possible.
  • Bake until the cookies are just barely golden around the edges, rotating halfway through, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
  • For the icing: Meanwhile, whisk the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. The consistency should be similar to that of slightly thinned yogurt and should coat the back of a spoon. Adjust with additional confectioners' sugar or milk, if needed.
  • Place 2 tablespoons of icing into each of 2 small bowls. Add 4 drops of red gel food coloring to one bowl and 2 drops of pink gel food coloring to the other and stir until fully incorporated. Using a small spoon, drizzle a small amount of each color over the white icing and then repeatedly drag a toothpick through the icing until you create a marbled effect.
  • Working with one cooled cookie at a time, carefully dip it face-side down into the icing and allow any excess to drip off before placing the cooking back on the cooling rack. Add additional red and pink icing to the bigger bowl of icing as needed to maintain the marbling effect. Decorate with sprinkles (if using) before allowing to the icing to fully set, about 4 to 5 hours.

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