Valentine's Day Strawberry Heart Cookies
These easy Valentine’s Day Strawberry Heart Cookies are pretty, pink, and can also be made into slice-and-bake Valentine's cookies.
Servings: 36 2-inch cookies
Calories: 111kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons strawberry jam
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Optional:
- 2-3 drops of red food coloring will deepen the pink or red strawberry color
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, strawberry preserves, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix to combine.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the butter mixture and combine. Divide the dough into two portions, shape into discs, wrap in plastic and refrigerate about an hour.
- To bake the cookies, remove the dough disk from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature about 10 minutes. Once soft enough to handle, roll out the dough and cut into shapes. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until light brown around the edges.
Notes
Icebox Variation: If cutouts aren't your thing -- this dough works great as an icebox cookie. Instead of forming the dough into a disk, form into a log, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until ready to bake. Then simply slice and bake. Or… roll the log in sprinkles and then slice and bake.
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg