Valentine's Cut-Out Heart Cookies

These Valentine's Cut-Out Heart Cookies are delicious, gorgeous, and fun. These cookies scream Valentine's Day inside out 😉

About These Valentine's Cut-Out Heart Cookies

• These cookies use a basic cut-out sugar cookie recipe. this recipe can make a delicious batch of cookies in any other shape.
• The process is so much fun; however, I recommend following every step thoroughly.
• This recipe requires simple and basic ingredients; there is no fancy thing going on here! The list goes as follows: All-purpose Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, Butter, Granulated Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla Extract, Almond Extract, and Red Gel Food Colouring for the hearts.

How To Make These Cookies

• This recipe uses room-temperature butter (not too soft, though). Leave the butter at room temperature before starting to bake.
• Mix the butter, sugar, cornstarch, and salt until smooth and silky.
• Add the egg yolk and both extracts.
• Add the flour in two or three passes and mix well after each. You would have a soft and smooth dough in the end.
• Divide the batter into two equal parts and add 3 to 4 drops of Red Gel Food Colouring to half of the dough. Flatten the red dough into a rectangular shape and wrap it in cling wrap. Chill this dough for at least one hour.
• Keep the plain dough at room temperature.

• After one hour, roll out the red dough into a rectangle that is ¼ inch Thick.
• Use a medium-sized heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut the red hearts.
• Place them on a baking sheet and chill them in the freezer for 15 minutes.
• When the hearts are hard enough to lift easily, wet your fingertip to stick them together and make a stack of red hearts. Place this stack in the fridge for 10 minutes.
• The plain dough is at room temperature and soft. Cover all around the stach of hearts with the soft dough and gently roll this log on the counter to even out the plain dough.

• Covet the log with cling wrap and chill it for two hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350F and line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Unwrap the log and cut it into half-inch slices. Place the slices on the baking sheet 2 inches apart, and bake them for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool down on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer them to the cooking rack and let them cool down fully.

See more cut-out cookies here:

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Store these cookies in an air-tight container in the freezer for up to two weeks.

Disclaimer: I highly recommend using the measurements in grams & ml (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.

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