Strawberry Cream Cheese Heart Cookies

Prep 20 min
Total 1 hr 30 min
Servings 30

The subtle strawberry cream cheese flavor is a nice addition to these sugar cookies. Decorating them before you pop them in the oven saves time - no additional frosting or decorating required!

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated January 16, 2014

Make with

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix

Ingredients

1

pouch Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
1/4

cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
4

oz strawberry cream cheese, softened
2

teaspoons grated lemon peel
1

egg
Neon pink food color, if desired
Assorted candy sprinkles

Steps

1

Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
2

In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, softened cream cheese, lemon peel and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in food color to get desired neon pink color. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with 2 1/2- to 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Decorate cookies as desired by pressing assorted sprinkles into dough.
3

Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

Get creative with use of sprinkles and other decorations; for example, for a stitched heart look, press colored jimmies around outer edge of heart.
Substitute any flavor cream cheese in place of strawberry for a fun twist.
Tint cookie dough with red food color for a different look.
Have fun with an assortment of heart cookie sizes, using different cookie cutters to create large, medium and small hearts. Remember to adjust the bake time for each of the sizes. For example, a 1 inch cookie would bake for approximately 6-8 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 90
Calories from Fat: 25

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 2 1/2g; 4%
Saturated Fat 1g 4% Trans Fat 1/2g
Cholesterol: 10mg; 3%
Sodium: 55mg; 2%
Potassium: 15mg; 0%
Total Carbohydrate: 15g; 5%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 0g
Protein: 1g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%; 0%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 0%; 0%
Iron: 0%; 0%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;