Conversation Heart Cut-Out Cookies

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Tell loved ones exactly how you feel with these customizeable cut-out cookies. Cut out the heart cookies and add your message. It's our cutest Valentine's Day dessert ever!

Hands On Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 hrs 30 mins
Servings:
48

Ingredients

  • 1 ⅓ cup butter, softened

  • cup sugar

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 teaspoon vanilla

  • ⅛ - ¼ teaspoon liquid red food coloring

  • 3 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt; beat until combined. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and food coloring until combined. (Use 1/8 tsp. for peach, 1/4 tsp, for pink, or more as desired.) Beat in as much of the flour as you; stir in remaining flour. Divide dough in half; wrap each half in plastic wrap. Chill 30 to 60 minutes or until easy to handle.

  2. On a lightly floured surface roll a dough half out to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a 2 1/4- to 3 1/4-inch heart-shape cutter, cut out cookies. Arrange 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Use small stamps to press words into cutouts as desired. Reroll and repeat with scraps. Bake 7 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove; cool on a wire rack. Repeat with other dough half.

    Conversation Heart Cut-Out Cookies
    Jacob Fox

Chocolate Conversation Heart Cookies:

Prepare as above, except reduce flour to 2 1/2 cups. Add 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate with the eggs. Omit red food coloring.Nutrition analysis per serving: same as above except 93 calories, 9 g carbohydrate, 6 g total fat (4 g sat. fat), 1 g fiber, 79 mg sodium, 4% iron

Tips

You can find alphabet cookie stamps online ($8; amazon.com).

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

88 Calories
5g Fat
9g Carbs
1g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 48
Calories 88
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5g 6%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 21mg 7%
Sodium 78mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate 9g 3%
Total Sugars 3g
Protein 1g
Calcium 10mg 1%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Potassium 13mg 0%
Folate, total 15.5mcg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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