These easy and soft Valentine's Heart Cookies are soft and tasty. A little cream cheese is a secret ingredient to these delightful heart cookies. We love to make these very Valentine's Day as a fun and different cookie.
These valentine cookies are so delicious and easy to make for the perfect Valentine’s day dessert.
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Why This Recipe
Fun. Heart-shaped sugar cookies are a fun and festive way to celebrate the season.
Easy Recipe. Valentine's Heart Cookies are easy to make with simple ingredients and are great for a Valentine's party.
Tasty. These valentine sugar cookies are light and crisp cookies that taste wonderful.
Valentine's Day cookies are fun and these heart-shaped treats are perfect for a Valentine's tea with friends or just celebrate your family.
Ingredients
- flour
- sugar
- egg
- butter
- cream cheese
- vanilla extract
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- hand mixer or stand mixer
- baking sheet
- heart-shaped cookie cutter (i like these heart cookie cutters)
- rolling pin
- parchment paper
Full instructions in recipe card.
Variations
- As a fun variation, you can color the dough in different pastel colors so the cookies look like conversation hearts.
- Dip cookies in melted chocolate chips for a fun dipped cookie.
February is a great month for a slumber party or a Valentine's Tea. These cookies are always a hit and are a great way to tell friends how much you care about them.
How to Make Valentine's Heart Cookies
Step 1 - Mix wet ingredients in a large bowl.
Step 2 - Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl and incorporate flour mixture into wet.
Step 3 - Add food coloring and mix well.
Step 4 - Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill dough at least 1 hour.
Step 5 -Roll sugar cookie dough on a lightly floured surface surface with a rolling pin. Use cookie cutter on rolled-out dough and place on cookie sheet.
Step 6 - Bake cookies as directed. cool baked cookies on a wire rack.
They are soft and so pretty in pink! I used a scalloped edge heart cookie cutter for some fun flair!
Be sure to check out my other Valentine’s Day cookie recipes:
Valentine’s Day Heart Cookies – A soft cream cheese cookie that is sure to make someone smile.
Easy Valentine’s Day Gift Idea – a fun gift idea for kids to make for family members.
Valentine’s Day Cookie Round up – A whole round-up of Valentine’s Day Cookie Recipes.
Also, for more fun, Valentine Celebration ideas, check out these:
- Valentine’s Crafts for Kids and Adults
- Valentine’s Day Snacks for Kids – Lots of idea for kid snacks
More Valentine’s Day Cookie Recipes
Cream Cheese Cookie Recipe Tips
- fYou can add estive sprinkles
- Use powdered sugar to roll out cookies in stead of flour. You can also place dough between two pieces of wax paper for non-stick rolling.
- These cookies don't spread, but place about 1" apart on baking sheet for even baking.
- Store Cookies in an airtight container.
📖 Recipe
Valentine's Heart Cookies
Equipment
- Cookie sheet
- microwave
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese reduced fat ok
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- red food coloring
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees f.
- Cream butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking powder.
- Slowly blend into butter mixture.
- Add food coloring and mix well.
- Chill dough at least one hour.
- Roll onto floured surface to ¼ thickness. Cut out cookies with a heart shape cutter and place on parchment paper at least 1" apart.
- Bake 8 – 10 minutes at 375° until lightly brown.
- Let cool on a cooling rack before serving.
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Akaleistar
A Valentine’s Tea is a wonderful idea, and I love pink cookies 🙂
Raquel
Thanks Ashely! Will have to invite you to the next one! 🙂
Tamara
Ooh, Scarlet would love these cookies! So would I. And a Valentine tea sounds fantastic. I want to come!
Raquel
I know how much you all love your cookies! I think she would like these!