Heart of My Heart Cookies
Who wouldn't love delicious decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies?
Prep: 30 min | Start to Finish: 1 hr 10 min | Yield: 2 to 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Powdered Sugar Glaze, if desired
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 to 3 1/2 tablespoons milk
- Decorations, if desired
- Betty Crocker colored sugars
- Betty Crocker decorating icings (from 4.25 ounce tubes)
Instructions
- In large bowl, beat butter, 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the vanilla extract and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until chilled.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Divide dough in half. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll each half 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3 1/2 inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart. If desired, sprinkle with colored sugars.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately golden.
- Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth and spreadable.
- Spread glaze over cookies.
- Decorate with decorator icings.
Notes
Short of time? Use a pouch of Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix instead of the scratch recipe.
Cut cookies, using a cutter dipped in flour or powdered sugar, as close together as possible on the rolled dough to avoid rerolling (rerolled dough will be a little tougher).
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories 150 (Calories from Fat 70); Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 30mg; Sodium 110mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 7g); Protein 2g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 4% (based on a 2,000 calorie diet)
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Betty Crocker Kitchens
