Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies
Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies are the best treats for Valentine's Day! If you don't have any idea how to make a surprise for your partner, this is it. She/He will love these little buddies. They are decorated with beautiful homemade fondant which will make the sugar cookies more appealing.
Equipment
- Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter
- Cookie Tray
- Fondant
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup white Sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- Homemade Fondant or store-bought fondant
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F
- Beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and keep beating until thoroughly combined.
- Finally add the baking powder and the flour, one cup at a time, and mix just until combined.
- Roll out the cookie dough and use a small Heart Cookie Cutter to cut out the Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies
- Bake in an oven for 5-6 minutes. Check on the cookies at the 4-minute mark, because you don't want to overbake them. The edges will be golden when they are ready to come out of the oven.
- Cool the cookies down before you start placing the fondant on them.
- Shape the fondant with the heart cookie cutter so it will be equally decorated all over the cookies. You can make your fondant decorations how you'll prefer.
- Add the fondant to the sugar cookies.
Notes
- This can be decorated also with buttercream frosting or any type of icing. Sprinkles or any type of food decorations can be used.