Pink raspberry buttercream frosting sandwiched between soft, heart-shaped sugar cookies makes the perfect homemade gift for Valentine's Day! These Valentine heart sugar cookies are made with no-chill, no-spread cookie dough that's perfect for making decorated cookie cut outs.
These heart sugar cookies hold a special place in my heart.
My birthday is just a few days before Valentine’s Day, and every year when I was a kid my mom would bake a big batch of these heart sugar cookies and send them in to school for me to share with all my classmates on my birthday.
So even though these cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day, I’ll always think of them as birthday cookies!
A batch of homemade, heart-shaped cookies is a wonderful way to let your loved ones – or that special someone – know you’re thinking of them on Valentine’s Day. Each sandwich cookie is made of my favorite raspberry buttercream frosting nestled between two soft, buttery sugar cookies. The result is a cookie sandwich that’s delicately sweet and pretty enough to share!
This sugar cookie recipe is my go-to recipe for 3 reasons. 1) It tastes AMAZING! These cookies are buttery and delicate with just the right amount of sweetness. 2) There's no need to chill the dough before rolling it out and baking the cookies. Huge time saver! 3) These sugar cookies won't spread when baking. They hold their shape perfectly, making them ideal for cutting a decorating all sorts of shapes and designs! And did I mention just how delicious they are? You're going to want to bookmark this recipe to make again and again!
Valentine Heart Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes per tray
- Total Time: about 1 hour 10 minutes (does not include time to make frosting or time for cookies to cool before assembling the sandwiches)
- Yield: about 12 sandwich cookies (depending on the size of your cookie cutters) 1x
- Category: Dessert, Cookies
Description
Pink raspberry buttercream frosting sandwiched between soft, heart-shaped sugar cookies makes the perfect homemade gift for Valentine's Day! These Valentine heart sugar cookies are made with no-chill, no-spread cookie dough that's perfect for making decorated cookie cut outs.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus more for sprinkling)
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. baking soda
- 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
- 12 1/2 T unsalted butter, cold
- 1 large egg
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 1/2 recipe raspberry buttercream frosting
Instructions
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place the flour, both sugars, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a food processor and process just until mixed.
- Cut the butter into small pieces and distribute over the flour mixture. Process until the dough resembles coarse meal, about 30 seconds. (See photo in post for reference.)
- Stir the egg and vanilla together in a cup. With the processor running on low speed, pour the egg mixture through the feed tube and process until the dough comes together, about 30 to 60 seconds. (See photo in post for reference.)
- Remove the dough from the processor, place it on a clean surface, and knead it for several seconds, until no dry bits remain and the dough is cohesive throughout.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut 24 cookies using a 3 1/2 inch heart shaped cookie cutter. Cut a smaller heart in half of the cookies using a 2 inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Transfer the cookie cutouts to the prepared baking sheets using a spatula and sprinkle granulated sugar over the top of each.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. (You'll know the cookies are finished baking when they're no longer shiny but they have not turned golden.) Let cookies cool completely on the baking sheet atop a wire rack.
- Once cool, spread the full heart cookies with the raspberry buttercream frosting and top with the heart cut out cookies.
Notes
Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
I used the largest and smallest heart-shaped cookie cutters in this heart cookie cutter set.
Keywords: sugar cookies, sandwich cookies, heart-shaped cookies, heart sugar cookies, pink cookies, Valentine's Day
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