Mini Valentine Shortbread Cookies
These Mini Valentine Shortbread Cookies are easy to make, festive and full of the traditional shortbread cookie flavor.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract, or use all vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt, I use sea or kosher salt
- 1/4 cup Valentine’s Day nonpareils sprinkles
Icing ingredients
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3-5 tablespoons milk or cold water
- 1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract, you can use regular vanilla, just use 1/4 teaspoon
- 4 tablespoons Valentine’s Day nonpareils sprinkles
Instructions
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1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. 2. Set aside. Beat the butter, sugar, and almond extract until creamy in a large mixing bowl. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium mixing bowl.
3. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until the dough forms. Lightly flour a surface and roll the dough out into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle. 4. Using a small heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out mini heart cookies. 5. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes until lightly golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for a few minutes, then slide the parchment paper onto a wire rack until the cookies are cool enough to handle. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. 6. When the cookies have cooled, whisk the powdered sugar, salt, milk, and vanilla until smooth in a medium mixing bowl. Drizzle the icing with a fork, spoon, or pipe the icing over the cookies. Mix up the Valentine sprinkles. Sprinkle the nonpareils and/or sprinkles on top of the cookies while the icing is still wet. Let the icing harden. Enjoy!