Iced & Decorated Valentine Cookies - Gather in my Kitchen (2024)

These iced and decorated Valentine cookies are the perfect baking activity for kids or a fun little treat to gift a friend or neighbor.

Valentine's Day is almost here and one of my family's favorite things to do is find special treats to make.

These decorated Valentine cookies are so fun to decorate with kids.

You can get as creative as you want when decorating them or keep the design very simple. Either way, the cookies look great and taste amazing!

Design Ideas

Write

Write on the Heart Cookies - write fun Valentine sayings similar to what you'd see on the heart candies you buy at the store.

Some fun ideas are:

• LUV U
• LOVE
• KISS ME
• CUTIE PIE
• XXX
• OOO
• BE MINE

Draw hearts

Draw cute little hearts on these cookies. It's really easy. Make a dot and use a toothpick to pull down and a heart shape will appear.

The other option for drawing hearts is drawing larger ones using a pastry bag and tip.

Polka dot

Make polka dots with the frosting for a cute and fun design.

Leftovers

You can store any extra cookies you have in an air tight container for about 5 days.

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
• confectioners sugar
• butter
• egg
• baking soda
• cream of tartar
• vanilla extract
• almond extract

Icing Ingredients

• confectioners sugar
• milk
• light corn syrup
• almond extract
• pink or red food coloring
• variety of pink and pearl non-pariel candies - for decorating

How to Make

Step 1: In a small bowl add the flour, cream of tartar, and the baking soda. Combine until all mixed together.

Step 2: In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl, cream together the confectioner's sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.

Step 3: Slowly add in the flour mixture. Blend until just combined.

Step 4: Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least one hour.

Step 5: Remove dough from refrigerator and preheat your oven to 375°.

Step 6: Roll dough out to ⅛" thickness on a floured surface.

Step 7: Cut out heart shapes.

Step 8: Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or just golden.

Step 9; Remove cookies from the oven and let cool.

How to Make Icing

Blend the confectioner's sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.

Make sure the cookies have cooled completely before frosting or decorating.

Tip: to create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tbsp of icing into a small bowl and add 1 tablespoon of confectioners sugar. This will create a thicker icing. Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom. Pipe your edge around each cookie. This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.

With the remaining icing, add food coloring to the desired tint of pink.

Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto the cookie and carefully spread to the border edge.

Tip: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast. Sprinkle non-pariel candies on asap so they will stick.

Make sure to "PIN IT" for later!

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