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Conversation Heart Cookies

These Conversation Heart Cookies are easy to make and are a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 15 Cookies
Calories 179kcal

Equipment

  • measuring cups and spoon
  • Stand or hand mixer
  • mixing bowls
  • baking sheet
  • heart cookie cutter

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter softened
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • Pink food coloring gel
  • Blue food coloring gel
  • Yellow food coloring gel
  • Green food coloring gel
  • Purple food coloring gel

Instructions

  • In the mixing bowl of a Stand Mixer, add the Butter, Sugar, and Egg, and blend with the Whisk attachment until smooth, and creamy.
  • Add the Vanilla, and mix until blended. In a separate bowl, add the Flour, and Salt, and mix well to blend.
  • Add the Flour mixture to the mixing bowl, and mix until blended, and smooth.
  • Divide the dough into 5 chunks of dough and place each piece of dough in a bowl.
  • Add gel food coloring to each bowl and mix with a spoon until dough is the desired color, about 3 drops of color to each dough section.
  • Next, place the dough on a piece of parchment paper, sprinkle the dough with flour and roll out to 1/2" thickness.
  • Then take the heart cookie cutter and cut out hearts.
  • Remove the excess dough from around the edges and you are ready to stamp each cookie.
  • Take a cookie stamp and lay it on top of one of the hearts.
  • Press down gently and then remove the stamp and begin on the next cookie until all the cookies have been stamped.
  • Add cookies to cookie sheet using a spatula and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven to a wire rack, and cool completely.

Notes

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 53IU | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg