Valentine Sandwich Cookies
I love making these Valentine sandwich cookies. They look like little Valentine stained glass windows!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: valentine sandwich cookie recipe, valentine sandwich cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 277kcal
- 3 C flour
- 1 TBSP baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tarter
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 ½ C powder sugar
- 1 large egg room temp
- 2 tsp vanilla extract divided
- 2 egg whites
- 1/4 tsp cream of tarter
- 2 C powder sugar
- 1 container of pink sanding sugar
- 2 C Strawberry preserves jam
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter into a large bowl. Whisk ingredients together and set aside.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar, egg and 1 tsp of vanilla extract until creamy.
Slowly add the flour mixture, one cup at a time, stirring to combine after each addition.
Once combined, lightly flour a cutting board and knead the dough until combined
Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick
Cut 24 heart cookies
Using the mini heart, cut out a heart into the middle of 12 regular size cookies
Bake the cookies for 15 minutes
Once baked, let cookie cool completely
Icing:
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, powder sugar and vanilla
Mix until combined and stiff with peaks on medium speed. about 7 minutes
Scoop some icing into the piping bag
Add 1-2 tbsp of water into the remaining icing and mix until smooth
Pour into the squeeze bottle
Decorating:
Using the piping bag, outline the cookies with the cut out heart
Fill in cookies with the thinned icing in the squeeze bottle
Pour the sugar sprinkles onto a plate or a medium bowl
Carefully dip the icing part of the cookie into the sprinkles
Carefully pick up the cookie and place back onto the cookie sheet
Repeat steps with remaining cookies, once all have been icing and dipped in the sprinkles set aside for an hour for the icing to harden
Using the solid cookies, scoop about 1 tbsp of jelly into the middle and spread slightly with a knife
Place the heart cookie coated in sprinkles on top of the heart with the jelly and slightly push down so that the hearts will stick together.
Let cookies sit for 5 minutes before enjoying!
Enjoy!
Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 73mg | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 2.5mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.9mg