These heart shaped cookies are a Valentine's day treat.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time12 minutesmins
Total Time22 minutesmins
Servings: 36
Ingredients
2.5cupsflour
3/4teaspoonsalt
3/4cupbutter
3/4cupsugar
1egg
1teaspoonvanilla
Vanilla frosting
red food coloring
Powdered sugar
Instructions
Mix the butter and sugar for about 3 minutes, until well combined.
3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar
Add in egg and vanilla and mix well.
1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in the flour and salt until just combined.
2.5 cups flour, 3/4 teaspoon salt
Chill the dough for 1-2 hours.
When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 F.
Roll out half of the dough, and use a large heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out the bottom cookies.
Then roll out the rest of the dough and use the same cookie cutter to cut out the tops, but use a smaller heart cookie cutter to cut a window in the cookies.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges start to brown.
Cool completely.
Use the food coloring to make the icing pink.
red food coloring, Vanilla frosting
Dip the cookie tops in powdered sugar and sandwich the tops and bottoms together with the pink frosting.