Sugar Kissed Valentine Hearts

It is Valentine’s day and hearts are in the air . I got heart shaped balloons for my son and did a heart flower project for my husband. To top it I just made a batch of sugar kissed Valentine hearts for my loved ones. These cookies are not too sweet, eggless and are perfect with tea or coffee. I usually make these round shaped but today I decided to give my heart shaped cookie cutter a try.

You need:

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup oil (I use Canola)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 and 1/4th cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)
Red Sugar Crystals

1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Line cookie sheet with foil paper.

2. Cream melted butter and sugar (use electric whisk/mix until mixture is creamy).Add vanilla to oil and add this to the butter mixture.

3. Sift together flour, cinnamon powder and baking soda.

4. Slowly combine flour with the butter/oil mixture to form dough (should not be too dry or runny/add little more flour if needed ). Cover the dough with cling wrap and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes. Depending on the size of the cookie cutter, make large balls, roll on the foil lined cookie sheet (about 1/4 inch thickness) and cut heart shaped cookies. Since this dough will be little crumbly, it is best to cut the cookies on the cookie sheet.






Alternately, you can also roll the dough into small balls, sprinkle red sugar crystals and bake for 16-18 minutes.

Sugar Kissed Valentine Hearts

Makes approx 36 cookies when shaped in balls, 20 hearts (depends on the size of the cookie cutter)