Description
These Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies feature colorful melted candy centers surrounded by soft, buttery red sugar cookie dough. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, these charming cookies showcase a beautiful stained-glass effect when baked.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ Cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ Cup granulated sugar
- ¼ Teaspoon sea salt
- 2 eggs, at room temperature and beaten
- 1 ½ Teaspoons vanilla extract
- Red gel food coloring (amount to desired shade)
- 2 ½ Cups + ¼ Cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Cups hard candy, crushed into small pieces
Instructions
- Cream together softened butter, granulated sugar, and sea salt until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Mix in the beaten eggs and vanilla extract until fully combined, about 1 minute.
- Gradually add 2 ½ cups of the all-purpose flour while mixing on medium-low speed until well blended.
- Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- Set your oven to 350°F (177°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and turn it out onto a floured countertop.
- Roll the dough out evenly to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Use a large cookie cutter to cut out heart-shaped “panes” of dough and transfer them to the baking sheet.
- Use a smaller cookie cutter to cut out the centers from the larger hearts.
- Fill each cookie cutout’s center with crushed hard candy.
- Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes until the edges turn lightly golden.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
- Use different colors of hard candy for variety.
- Chilling the dough is essential for easy rolling.
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: Stained Glass Valentine Cookies