We can not make Valentine’s Day heart sugar snacks with no adorable little sayings on the top!
I have zero capacity to composing on biscuits and cakes. But when the icing is concerned, my palms get rid of control, get all floppy, and chicken scratch stinks!
Talking of writing, among the greatest sections of Valentine’s Day is studying all of the writing on dialogue hearts. Right? I receive a KICK reading those items. Wicked cool, text me personally, QT pie, facsimile me… I saw a”giggle” and”sugar ” in a bag lately. Along with the mustache!! Thanks for all of the amusement, Brach’s!Let us jump right to the biscuits. Now’s conversation heart lookalike biscuits are a sugar cookie, pastel royal icing at the top, and composing. I stuck using the shortest possible expressions and phrases because, well… you know my own battle.
We are using royal icing for your own sugar cookie decoration.
Tools You’ll need:
- Americolor Soft Gel Paste Color Kit. In my experience, this really is the BEST coloring for royal icing. The color is rich and vibrant. You simply require a teeny trickle to your pastel colors in the present biscuits. And for darker colors, 1 little fall. These colors will last you a really long time! I used a yellow, deep pink color, purple, green, and orange. Red for the composing. I use this to piping the imperial icing on top of each cookie. I utilize this teeny suggestion for your own writing.
- Disposable piping bags. For your piping, needless to say!
- You will also require silicone baking mats, a rolling pin, and a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
We are using my trusty sugar snacks as the beginning point. The biscuits are buttery and soft with sharp edges. The dough holds its form superbly from the oven. Sharp and precise; no more misshapen hearts!
The most essential part, like normal, is to cool the cookie dough. The special part about the sugar cookie recipe is that you chill the cookie bread afterward rolling out it. Following the cookie dough is ready, split in two, and then roll out each part. My little hint? The mats will not slide around. Then apply the mats to get baking the biscuits.
Some short conversation heart saying inspiration:
- BFF
- Love
- Kiss
- Hugs
- Xoxo
- Best
- Sweet
- Cute or cutie
I’m sure you can come up with more saying and that your writing will be beautiful cookies!
Description
These decorated Valentine’s Day heart sugar cookies resemble conversation heart candy – so yummy and fun to the holiday!
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (spoonful & spoonful )
- 1/2 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp sal
- t3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 1 big egg, at room temperature
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract optional for added taste: 1/4 — 1/2 tsp almond extract
Royal Icing
- 4 cups (480g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 3 Tablespoons meringue powder
- r9–10 Tablespoons room temperature water
- Americolor Soft Gel Paste Color Kit for coloring
Directions
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside. Add the granulated sugar and beat at a medium-high rate until creamed, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and almond extract (if using) and beat on high speed until blended, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the base of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and blend on low until blended. If the dough seems too soft, you can add 1 Tablespoon more flour so that it’s a much better consistency for rolling.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces. Roll out each portion onto a piece of parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat (I favor the nonstick silicone mat) to approximately 1/4″ thickness. The rolled-out dough can be any shape, so long as it’s equally 1/4-inch thick.
- Stack the pieces, with parchment paper between the two, on a baking sheet and refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and as many as 2 days. If chilling for at least a few hours, cover the top bread slice with just one piece of parchment paper.
- After chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Eliminate one of the dough pieces from the fridge and with a heart cookie cutter, cut into heart shapes. Re-roll the rest of the dough and keep cutting until all is used. Repeat with 2nd bread piece. Be certain to rotate the baking sheet halfway through bake time.
- Make the icing: In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat all the icing ingredients together on high speed for 5 minutes. When lifting the whisk off the icing, the icing should cut and smooth out over 10-12 seconds. If it’s too thick, add a bit more water. (On especially dry times, I use around 12-14 Tablespoons water complete.) If it’s too thin, add a bit more sifted confectioners’ sugar. Stir in 1 tiny drop of these colors into each bowl, 1 color per bowl: purple, pink, yellow, green, and orange. Use 2-3 drops of crimson. Use round icing tip #1 for composing. Do not cover biscuits as icing sets. Icing will place within 2-3 hours.
- Decorated or plain biscuits stay fresh covered at room temperature for 5 days or in the refrigerator for up to ten days.
- Prep Time: 3 hours
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Total Time: 6 hours
- Yield: 3-inch cookies