These Frosted Heart Cookies are gorgeous and endlessly versatile. Bake them for your loved ones as a Valentine's Day treat, or serve them at a bridal shower or wedding reception. Decorating heart-shaped cookies with different colors of frosting could be a fun event all by itself! Whether you make frosted Valentine's cookies or desserts for the bridesmaids, these sweets are sure to be a hit.
Frosted Heart Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 48
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough, well chilled
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- Additional 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2 to 4 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Food color
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in 1/4 cup flour until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Remove half the dough, and refrigerate remaining dough until needed. In small bowl, mix 1/3 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon flour.
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Step2Sprinkle half of sugar mixture onto work surface. With rolling pin, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. With 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter dipped in sugar mixture, cut out dough hearts. On ungreased cookie sheets, place hearts 2 inches apart. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar mixture.
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Step3Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
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Step4In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients except food color until smooth and spreadable. Beat in desired amount of food color. Pipe or spread on cooled cookies. Let stand until frosting is dry. Store cookies in single layer in covered container.
Nutrition
90
Calories
4g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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