Thursday, February 14, 2013

Frosted Heart Sugar Cookies

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Happy Valentines Day to all my fabulous readers! I wanted to share these fun heart shaped cookies with you today in honor of the holiday of love.

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I got it in my head that I wanted to make heart cookies and so I made it my weekend mission to find a heart-shaped cookie cutter and get down to business. My original plan was to make simple sugar cookies and use them to top my vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting, but once I had my cupcakes done I realized I didn't want to smoosh the pretty frosting down with a cookie. I also had some frosting leftover from the cupcakes so I decided to frost and sprinkle the cookies too! It turned out to be a pretty good plan, I think.

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Frosted Heart Sugar Cookies
makes about 2 dozen small to medium cookies
 
1 C flour
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C vegan butter
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
optional: chocolate frosting recipe here, sprinkles


Preheat oven to 350 F. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the vanilla and mix. Sift the flour and baking powder then mix into the butter mixture until a dough if formed. Place in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll the dough out and cut with the cookie cutters of your choice.
Bake for 12-15 minutes and let cool before topping with frosting and sprinkles.

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These cookies might not be the neatest or prettiest things I've ever made, but as long as they taste good I don't mind! Are you a fan of frosted cookies or do you prefer them plain? Personally I think sprinkles make everything a little more fun.

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As always, thanks for stopping by. I hope you are spending the day with those you love! 

10 comments:

  1. happy valentine's day AND birthday, melissa! these cookie really do look wonderful. i used to LOVE sugar cookies with multi-colored sprinkles, but not sure that i've ever had a frosted one. but, honestly, how can you go wrong with a frosted AND sprinkled cookie?! they look really freakin awesome.

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    1. Thanks! I agree, you can't really go wrong with frosting and sprinkles.

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  2. I love frosting on sugar cookies! They just seem kinda pointless without it. I also agree that it doesn't matter how food looks as long as it tastes good! Still, I think your cookies are pretty :)

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  3. Happy valentine's day to you :) A little late..though! Those cupcakes and cookies look divine!

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  4. happy valentines day Melissa.. these cookies look fabulous.. i can tell that they taste wonderful too!

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  5. I know it's belated, but Happy Valentine's and Happy Birthday! These look pretty great, and I have to agree with you about the sprinkles. My best friend always says sprinkles are always a sign of good things to come. :-)

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