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The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie

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  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 4
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Your sweetheart will be yours forever when you give him or her a batch of these delicious, heart-shaped cookies.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 14, 2006

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 drops red food color

Frosting

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons milk or half-and-half
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vinegar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients except food color. Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half. (If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.)
  • 2
    On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters. Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired. On ungreased cookie sheet, place shapes about 2 inches apart.
  • 3
    Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 4
    In medium bowl, mix all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Spread frosting on cookies.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Valentine’s Day, named after Saint Valentine, is celebrated on February 14 by exchanging cards, candy, flowers and other tokens of affection (like these cookies!) with loved ones.
  • tip 2
    If using plastic cookie cutters, dip them in vegetable oil to get a sharper, more defined edge on cookies.

Nutrition

70 Calories, 4 g Total Fat, 1 g Protein, 7 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Cholesterol
10 mg
Sodium
60 mg
Potassium
10 mg
Total Carbohydrate
7 g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Protein
1 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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