Valentine Heart Cookies
Heart-shaped Valentine's cookies decorated with red and pink royal icing.
Ingredients
unsalted butter
175 g (6 oz)
powdered sugar
200 g (7 oz)
vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp
cake flour
375 g (13 oz)
egg
1
egg yolk
1
royal icing (tinted red/pink with food coloring, for decoration)
to taste
Instructions
1
Make the dough
In a food processor, blend the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth. Add the sifted flour, egg, and egg yolk, and process into a smooth dough.
2
Chill
Wrap in baking paper and refrigerate until firm.
3
Preheat
Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
4
Roll and cut
On a floured work surface or between two sheets of baking paper, roll the dough out to 6 mm (about 1/4 inch) thick and cut with a heart-shaped cutter.
5
Bake
Place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
6
Decorate
Decorate with royal icing, optionally tinted with red/pink food coloring.
