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Something about pretty pinks, purples, reds and pastel shades that just puts me in my happy place! I freaking heart thanksgiving valentines day. {inside joke – for whatever reason, I ALWAYS call Valentines Day, Thanksgiving. It makes zero sense. But I literally do it every year. Hey babe, where do you want to go for Thanksgiving?… Nope. But every year, without fail, I say it every freaking time and I really don’t understand why lol}
I wanted to create something really fun and cutesie for this fab holiday. I combined a few of my favorite recipes to create this one. These sugar cookies stand alone as one of my favorite cookies ever. So how couldn’t they be amazing being stacked together and surrounding a delicious fudgey buttercream? Yaaas!
What makes these even more appealing is that they are so beautiful and feminine. They are the perfect valentine cookie. Great for company and just look so dang precious. Am I the only person that eats with their eyes all the time? Falling in love with the way dessert or food looks and you can just taste it before you even take a bite.
This was my first time coloring dough. I was a little nervous to commit to releasing that droplet of food coloring into my dough, hoping I didn’t just ruin a whole batch of perfectly delicious cookies! Ha. I usually just color the frosting to compliment the chocolate or vanilla cookie… and if you don’t love the color, it’s a lot easier to toss it and start over. But this time I wanted to really try something new and I am so happy I did. These turned out better than the mental picture I had in mind!! 🙂 ♥Delighted ♥
Valentine Heart Sandwich Cookies with Fudge Filling
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| Serves | 18-24 sandwich cookies |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 10 minutes |
| Total time | 25 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert |
Ingredients
- 1 drop pink gel food color
Heart Cookies
- 4 cups cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 drop pink gel food color
- 1 drop purple/lavender gel food color
Chocolate Buttercream
- 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup whole milk (room temp-ish)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Optional
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips (quality brand is important so it melts well)
Directions
| Heart Cookies | |
| In a medium bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients and whisk well. Set aside. | |
| In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add egg whites, vanilla and almond extract and heavy cream. Continue to mix until combined and smooth. Scrape the bowl as needed. Add in the dry ingredients slowly, a little at a time. Wrap dough in seran wrap and refrigerate/freeze for 30 minutes to set up. | |
| Preheat oven to 350. Prepare baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Divide dough in half. Add one drop of pink color to one half and purple to the other. On a floured surface, mix each dough well until the color is fully incorporated, adding a little bit more flour as needed. Roll out to 1/4 inch thick and use a heart cookie cutter. Continue until no dough remains. Bake for 8-11 minutes. Cool on a cooling rack and allow to fully cool before frosting. | |
| Frosting and Assembly | |
| Prepare the fudge filling by combining all of the ingredients in a medium bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth and creamy. Add a tad more milk or confectioners sugar if needed to get the desired consistency. Place frosting in a piping bag with preferred piping tip. Pair cookies together that are most matching and pipe the frosting on the underside of each bottom cookie. Top with matching cookie. | |
| Optional | |
| For additional decoration if desired, melt half of the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl for 40 seconds, stopping and stirring each 10 seconds. Add the remaining chocolate and mix together until fully melted. Color with just a small dot of gel color of your choice. Drizzle lightly over a few of the finished sandwich cookies. | |
