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22 Irresistible Valentine’s Day Cookies for Sweet, Romantic Moments

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🍫 Red Velvet Heart Cookies – A Sweet Twist of Chocolate & Love! ❤️

These Red Velvet Heart Cookies are rich, buttery, and delicately chocolatey with a vibrant red hue. Perfectly paired with dark chocolate, sprinkles, and freeze-dried raspberries, they’re an irresistible treat for Valentine’s Day or any time you want to show a little extra love.

Ingredients

Cookie Dough:

  • 350 g all-purpose flour
  • 15 g unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 225 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 200 g granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1½ tsp red soft gel paste (optional)

Decoration:

  • 40 g dark chocolate, tempered (see notes for tempering tips)
  • Sprinkles
  • Freeze-dried raspberries

Instructions

  1. Prepare Dry Ingredients:
    • In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine.
  2. Cream Butter & Sugar:
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until pale and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
  3. Add Wet Ingredients:
    • Mix in the red coloring (if using) until the color is evenly distributed. Add the egg and vanilla extract, beating until fully incorporated.
  4. Combine Dry & Wet Mixtures:
    • Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing on the lowest speed until just combined. Scrape down the sides as needed.
  5. Chill Dough:
    • Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, shaping it into a disk, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  6. Preheat Oven & Prepare Baking Sheet:
    • Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  7. Roll & Cut Dough:
    • Roll dough between two pieces of parchment paper (or plastic wrap on top) to ¼ inch (½ cm) thickness. Cut out shapes with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Transfer cookies to the prepared baking sheet using an offset spatula.
  8. Bake:
    • For slightly spread cookies, bake immediately for 11-13 minutes on the middle rack.
    • For no-spread cookies, freeze the tray with cut cookies for 15 minutes before baking.
  9. Cool & Decorate:
    • Allow cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack. Decorate with tempered dark chocolate, sprinkles, and freeze-dried raspberries.

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