Valentine’s Day is coming up. Surprise your sweetheart with these adorable itty-bitty heart cookies!
These adorable cookies are a cinch to make and they are delicious! Like a bite size sugar cookie… which is literally what they are 🙂 . It’s hard to stop eating them!
Not only are these tiny heart cookies are great gift for the special someone in your life, they are also a fun treat to make with kids. Their small size is perfect for little helping hands, they also love dipping them in the sprinkles!
The recipe below is pretty straight-forward but I have included some pictures and more instructions on the form you will need to help shape the dough.
How to make the form:
Items needed:
- Cardboard (thin-bendable)- cereal box or piece of cardstock work great
- 12 inch skewer or small dowel.
- Muffin tin (or egg carton)
Cut your cardboard to FOUR 4×11 rectangles (doesn’t need to be exact) and fold in half lengthwise (hot dog style). Set aside.
Flip the muffin tin over. The “V” shaped cardboard will fit nicely in between the muffin cups (or egg carton).
Now you are set to make these sweet little cookies!
I hope you enjoy these fun, tasty cookies as much as we do!
Thank you for stopping by the homestead!
Until next time,
Melissa
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Itty-Bitty Heart Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Assorted colors sanding sugar for decorating
- Four 4x11 inch sheets of cardboard
- 1 muffin tin
- One 12-inch skewer
Instructions
- To make dough: Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour just until blended.
- Divide dough into four equal quarters. On a piece of plastic wrap, roll into an 8-in long rope, loosely wrap plastic wrap around rope. Set rope of wrapped dough into one cardboard holder. Rope will gradually form to the V point of the cardboard. Center skewer lengthwise on rope, press skewer about 1/2 way through dough, remove skewer and repeat with remaining dough.
- Leave wrapped ropes on muffin tin; freeze 2 hours or refrigerate overnight until dough is firm enough to slice neatly.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Cut one rope at a time, leaving the rest in the refrigerator, into 1/4 in thick hearts. Dip one side in colored sugar. Place 1/2 in apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes or until lightly brown around edges. Remove and cool.
