I love making holidays special for my family. Whether it’s by decorating the house or making special treats or big meals, doing something a little extra special goes a long way to making great memories together.
These heart-shaped Valentine’s Day sugar cookies are just the thing to bring a smile to your sweetheart’s face this year. They look like a fancy, gourmet treat, but in reality, are pretty easy to make.
The cookies are made from scratch, but I did take a little help from the store and used store-bought strawberry frosting and sprinkles for the decorations.
If you want to make your own frosting, I recommend the strawberry frosting in this cupcake recipe from my friend Shelly at Frugal Family Home. (The cupcakes are great too!)
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To make your heart-shaped cookies, start by creaming sugar and butter together in a large mixing bow, using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, whipping until creamy, 2-3 minutes.
Add in vanilla extract and egg, continue to mix, then sift in flour and baking powder. The mixture will be stiff so you might have to use your hands to finish mixing, if needed.
Divide the dough into 3-4 smaller batches, and then use a rolling pin to roll out one batch of dough at a time onto a lightly floured surface to about 1/4″ thick.
Use heart cookie cutters to cut out the heart shaped cookies. You will want a even amount of cookies to make the treats.
Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2″ apart, then bake for 7-9 minutes and let cool completely.
When the cookies are completely cool, you can start decorating. The easiest way to apply the frosting is with a piping bag. These disposable piping bags are easy to use and don’t require any clean-up…you just toss them out when finished.
Pipe a line of frosting around the edge of a cookie with your piping bag. I like a rather thick line of frosting, but you can choose how much frosting you use depending on the size of the tip on your piping bag. This set of tips has a good variety of sizes.
To make the sandwich, place a second heart cookie on top of the frosting, and tap it gently to adhere.
To apply the sprinkles, pour them into a small bowl, then gently press the frosted sides of the cookies into the sprinkles until they stick.
Valentine Heart Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C. butter softened to room temperature
- 1 C. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 3 C. flour
- strawberry frosting (I used strawberry)
- heart cookie cutter
- round frosting tip
- disposable piping bag
- Valentine sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, combine the softened butter. Whip until creamy, 2-3 minutes.
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Add in the vanilla extract and egg, continue to mix.
- Sift in the 3 cups of flour and baking powder.
- The mixture will be stiff so use your hands to finish mixing, if needed.
- Divide the dough into 3-4 smaller batches.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface to about 1/4" thick.
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Use the heart cookie cutters to cut out the heart shaped cookies. You will want a even amount of cookies to make the treats.
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Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2" apart.
- Place the cookies in the oven.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes and let cool completely.
- Attach the frosting tip to the disposable piping bag and fill with strawberry frosting.
- Gently frost the edges of the bottom of a heart shaped cookie.
- Gently place another heart shaped cookie bottom side down on the frosting so it creates a cookie sandwich.
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Pour the Valentine sprinkles into a small dish and gently press the sides the cookie sandwich into the Valentine sprinkles.
- Repeat with all the cookies.
Wasn’t that easy? The kids could even do most of the work on these yummy treats! (You still want to supervise around the oven though!)
Your family and friends will love these beautiful gourmet-looking Valentine’s Day sugar cookies, and love you even more for taking the time to make them 🙂
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sandra @ The Sensible Mom says
January 22, 2018 at 7:06 pmThose cookies are adorable, Erin! I know my kids would love them, and my daughter, who’s here next to me, was already admiring them. 🙂
Erin says
January 24, 2018 at 1:36 pmAww, thanks for telling me that…made my day!
Shelly says
January 23, 2018 at 11:36 amYummy cookies for Valentine’s day. We’ve made chocolate heart cookies with strawberry frosting that was so good. Now I see your cookies and I’m thinking a combination of chocolate and vanilla cookies would be so good too. Thanks for sharing!
Erin says
January 24, 2018 at 1:35 pmThat’s a great idea Shelly! Then people who like chocolate can get a cookie they like too 🙂
Teresa says
February 5, 2018 at 8:56 pmThese are cute as can be and they look delicious. My grandchildren would love making these! Thank you for sharing on Party in Your PJ’s. Pinned and shared.
Erin says
February 6, 2018 at 12:26 pmThank you so much Teresa! 🙂
Whitney says
February 7, 2018 at 1:26 pmThese look so fun to make. (And eat!) I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Erin says
February 7, 2018 at 2:59 pmI hope you enjoy them Whitney!!
Mother of 3 says
February 7, 2018 at 1:30 pmSo cute and so simple! I love simple recipes with that “Wow” factor.
Erin says
February 7, 2018 at 2:59 pmThanks so much! I love simple recipes too 🙂
Jan says
February 8, 2018 at 8:18 pmThose look so yummy! I’d love for you to share over at a new party called Let’s Party … we look forward to seeing you there!
Julie @ Back To My Southern Roots says
February 10, 2018 at 10:27 amMy kids would love these (if I didn’t eat them all first)! I like the tutorial, as well! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friday!
Erin says
February 15, 2018 at 1:39 pmThanks so much Julie! I’m so glad you stopped by 🙂
Laura says
February 11, 2018 at 4:21 amThese are very cute. I may make them for my daughters party next week 🙂
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Erin says
February 15, 2018 at 1:39 pmI hope she enjoys them!
Miz Helen says
February 11, 2018 at 7:08 pmYour Valentine Day Heart Sandwich Cookies look amazing and a very special treat for Valentine Day! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Erin says
February 15, 2018 at 1:38 pmThank you so much Helen! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by 🙂
Amy says
January 28, 2019 at 6:45 pmHow fun and cute. Found you at Happiness is Homemade.
Erin Myers says
January 31, 2019 at 10:17 amThank you Amy! So glad that you stopped by to say hi!
Kerryanne English says
January 31, 2019 at 12:34 amWhat a perfect Valentine recipe Erin. Thank you for sharing it at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring it at tomorrow’s party and pinning too.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
Erin Myers says
January 31, 2019 at 10:17 amThank you so much Kerryanne! What an honor to be featured at your party, amongst so many other lovely creations!
And thanks for stopping by to say hello 🙂