Valentines Cookies

These cookies are perfect for love day if you celebrate! Use your choice of festive sprinkles to make a new cookie every time. These are freezer friendly after baking so you can always make them ahead of time

Pro tip - place a scoop of softened ice cream in between two cookies and freeze for a festive ice cream cookie sandwich!

Recipe for Valentines Cookies:

Ingredients Needed:

½ cup plus 1 ½ tablespoons butter softened (room temperature)

½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 ½ cups flour *or you can use 1 1/4 cup flour plus 1/4 cup fine ground semolina

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

2-4 tablespoons sprinkles

Optional - 1/4 cup shredded coconut

*for information on different types of sprinkles and baking with them, check out my post on my Kitchen tips page

Servings Made: About 25 cookies

Time to Prep: 10 minutes

Time to Cook: 20 minutes

How to Make:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a few large baking trays with parchment paper.

Cream butter and sugar together with an electric mixer for 3 minutes until fluffy and lighter in color. Add in flour (or flour and semolina mix), baking powder and vanilla. Mix well until loose dough forms.

Finally, crack in egg and mix until soft dough forms. You can add 1-2 tablespoons of sprinkles as well as some coconut in the dough now and mix with hands. You want the dough to be soft but not so soft that sticks to your hands when rolling it.

Place a few tablespoons of sprinkles in a shallow dish for topping cookies.

Using your hands, form small balls of dough about 1 tablespoon in size. Take dough ball and gently press and flatten into the dish with sprinkles. Place each cookie on your baking tray about 2 inches apart.

Bake for about 16-18 minutes until cookies light brown on edges. Allow to cool completely on wire racks before handling.

Enjoy!