Easy Chocolate Valentine Cookies with Heart Decorations
Make these Decorated Valentine's Day Cookies with rich chocolate dough, heart shaped cookie designs, and festive sprinkles. Simple cookie decorating for Valentine's Day treats everyone loves!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose King Arthur Flour
- ⅔ cups King Arthur's Flour double-dark Dutch cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Valentine sprinkles and/or large conversation hearts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- 1 cup butter,1 cup granulated sugar,½ cup brown sugar
- Add the vanilla and eggs and beat to combine well.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,2 eggs
- Add the flour, cocoa, soda, and salt and stir to combine.
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose King Arthur Flour,⅔ cups King Arthur's Flour double-dark Dutch cocoa,1 teaspoon baking soda,¼ teaspoon salt
- Form the dough into 1 to 1 ½-inch balls. Dip the top of the ball into the heart sprinkles and then lightly press the sprinkles into place. Place on the cookie sheet.
- Valentine sprinkles and/or large conversation hearts
- For the conversation heart cookies, form the dough into 1 to 1 ½-inch balls and place on the cookie sheet. With the bottom of a glass of measuring cup slightly flatten the dough ball. Place a conversation heart in the center of the dough and press lightly to get it to stick into the dough.
- Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes until the centers are set. Let the cookies cool on the pan for 2 or 3 minutes and then place them on a wire rack.
- Store extra cookies in an air-tight container.
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Notes
Doneness Check: The deep chocolate color makes it tricky to judge doneness by sight, so using a timer is essential!
Make them gluten-free: Substitute a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend for the all-purpose flour. The texture will be slightly different but still delicious.
Use different decorations: Try red and white nonpareils, pink sugar, or even mini chocolate chips pressed into the tops for varied looks.
Make them vanilla: Skip the cocoa and add an extra ⅔ cup flour for classic sugar cookies that showcase your decorating even more.
Create sandwich cookies: Bake the cookies plain, let cool, then sandwich pairs together with buttercream, cream cheese frosting, or even Nutella.