The cookies with colorful heart are easy to make and beautiful to look at. Perfect for Valentine’s Day and great as a gift idea. They don’t take long to prepare, you just need a heart-shaped cutter and let them rest in the fridge for a few hours before cutting. Besides being beautiful, they’re truly delicious, soft, and with a delicate lemon aroma. A romantic treat, but perfect for many other special occasions!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 4 Hours 40 Minutes
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Valentine's Day
- Energy 180.36 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 22.85 (g) of which sugars 8.40 (g)
- Proteins 3.25 (g)
- Fat 8.90 (g) of which saturated 5.61 (g)of which unsaturated 3.17 (g)
- Fibers 0.69 (g)
- Sodium 44.91 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 40 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Colorful Heart Cookies Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 lemon zest (grated)
- as needed red food coloring
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- Cutters
- 1 Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- 1 Plastic wrap
Steps for Cookies with Colorful Heart
Let’s prepare the dough:
In a bowl, place the flour and add the butter. Start kneading with your hands until you get a sandy mixture. Add the sugar, the egg and the egg white, the salt, and the grated zest of a lemon. Create a nice soft and homogeneous dough, cut it in two, and color one part with the red coloring. Let the dough rest in the fridge for at least 40 minutes.
After the time has passed, roll out the red dough and cut the hearts with the cutter. Place them next to each other to form a little train. If you want, to keep them stable, brush each with some egg white. Meanwhile, while preparing the light dough, wrap the hearts in parchment paper and put them in the fridge.
Take the hearts, place them on the dough, and cover them well. Create a log, wrap it in parchment paper and then in plastic wrap. Let it compact in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
Take the roll and cut the cookies, place them on a baking sheet, and bake in a static oven at 350/355°F for about 8/10 minutes. Take them out of the oven and let them cool on a rack. Always refer to your own oven for cooking times and temperature.
Enjoy and happy Valentine’s Day!
Storage of cookies with colorful heart
Valentine’s cookies can be stored in a tin or glass box for several days. They are also perfect as a gift idea!
FAQ
Why do I need to let the dough rest in the fridge for 4 hours before cutting the cookies?
It needs to rest in the fridge to make the cutting easier, which will be clean, and most importantly, the cookie won’t lose its shape in the oven.
