Valentine’s Day Cookies
Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies make the perfect sweet treat to celebrate the holiday. These delicious heart-shaped cookies are beautifully decorated with royal icing.
I love making decorative sugar cookies for special occasions like Valentine’s Day, St. Patricks Day and Easter. They make tasty, edible gifts for your loved ones to enjoy. These sugar cookies are beautifully decorated using a brush embroidery technique.
Making the beautiful design on these cookies is not difficult. I learned how to make these gorgeous cookies from a video by a very talented cookie decorator Sweetambs Cookie Art. She makes the most gorgeous cookies and easy to follow tutorials.
Baked from scratch, these cookies taste amazing! A sugar cookie recipe with a subtle hint of cardamom spice and fresh orange zest flavor. Check out my step by step tutorial on How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing – here.
The finishing touch was packing these cookies in cellophane bags, tied with a pretty ribbon for Valentine’s Day gifts.
Beautifully Decorated Sugar Cookie Recipes
Valentine’s Day Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean opened and seeds scraped out
- 2 eggs + 1 extra yolk
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cardamom spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, cardamom spice and salt.
- Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Mix in the vanilla bean, then add the eggs and orange zest.
- Add the flour mixture and blend until combined.
- Separate the dough into 3 disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the fridge and chill for at least one hour.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit . Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove one disk at a time. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Roll the cookie dough to 1/8 – 1/4 inch thickness.
- Dust the cookie cutters with flour, then cut the dough into desired shapes.
- Transfer the cookies to the baking sheet.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes. Just until the edges start to brown.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Decorate with royal icing.
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