Sweetheart Valentines Cookies Recipes

SWEETHEART COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolk; mix well. Stir in the flour by hand. On a lightly floured surface, gently knead dough for 2-3 minutes or until thoroughly combined. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indention in the center of each. Fill each with 1/4 teaspoon preserves. , Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Dust warm cookies with confectioners' sugar if desired. Cool.

SWEETHEART CUP COOKIES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a separate bowl using a mixer at low speed. Increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla extract. Beat in flour until just blended and press together by hand into a dough. Divide dough into 4 equal portions and flatten each into a disk. Wrap disks individually in plastic and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove 2 disks of dough from the refrigerator; keep remaining dough in the refrigerator or freezer for future use.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 36 mini muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners.
• Roll 1 rounded teaspoon of dough into a ball and press into the bottom and up the sides of a mini muffin cup to form a shell. Repeat with remaining dough to make 36 shells.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Pour filling into a pastry bag or a resealable plastic bag with a corner snipped off.
• Remove from the oven and press the end of a wooden spoon into each cookie cup to reshape. Cool 2 minutes in the pan, then carefully transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Fill each cooled cookie cup with about 1 tablespoons filling. Top each with 1 chocolate kiss candy.

SWEETHEART VALENTINE THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside. If you do not have parchment paper, spray the baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together the butter with the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt until thoroughly combined. This will take about 1 minute with an electric mixer or2-3 by hand.
• Then, add in the flour and mix again until the dough forms.
• Next, roll the dough into level-size tablespoon balls of dough.
• Place them on the prepared baking sheet, arrange the dough balls 1 inch apart to give them room to spread out.
• After that, use the end of the handle on a rubber spatula to press two deep indentations into the center of each cookie dough ball in the form of a V. As it bakes it will puff up and look more like a heart.
• Stick the cookies in the oven and bake for 17-20 minutes or until the bottoms are golden in color.
• Let cool for 5 minutes on the sheet before transferring to a wire rack and letting cool completely.
• Before the cookies have cooled completely, use the handle or the rubber spatula to re-define the hearts by pressing the handle into the indents gently.
• In a small bowl, start by heating your chosen jam in the microwave for 30 seconds.
• Then, spoon the jam into the heart-shaped indents. This is roughly ½ teaspoon of jam per cookie.
• Let the jam set and cool completely before serving the cookies. Enjoy!

SWEETHEART VALENTINE'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Dip bottoms of cookies in chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheets. Let stand until chocolate is firm.
• Add decorations, attaching to cookies with icings or remaining melted chocolate.
• Write messages on cookies with icings.