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Frosted Valentine Butter Cookies

By Erika in Desserts

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Frosted valentine butter cookies this idea now...

Sometimes you want something a little out-of-the-ordinary, but not so “out there,” it takes more effort. That’s how I came up with a new recipe for special Valentine’s Day cookies for my kids.

This isn’t your average frosted cookie recipe – these Valentine’s Day Frosted Butter Cookies are so good, you’ll want to make them year round! They’re light, soft, and delicious and the buttercream frosting recipe is simply divine!

Frosted valentine butter cookies

Frosted Valentine Butter Cookies

What you’ll need:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-4 Tbsp milk
  • red food coloring (this is the brand I use that results in vivid colors, without any taste variations)

butter, salt, sugar, flour, baking powder, food coloring, powder sugar, and milk

Start by creaming 1 cup (2 sticks) of softened butter in your mixer. (Yes there are 3 sticks of butter in the picture above but save one for the frosting.)

Mix until it’s nice and light and fluffy. Then add 3/4 cup of sugar.

I was quite proud of myself for somehow taking a picture with one hand and pouring the sugar in with the other. Until I went to snap the photo and turned the camera off by hitting the wrong button instead. So this is take #3. (I did not do that twice!)

sugar being poured into butter in a bowl

Mix that sugar in.

mixing the sugar with the butter

Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and mix well.

egg and vanilla being add to the mixture

Now, in a separate bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add this to the creamed butter mixture slowly. You could add it all at once but you’d probably find yourself in a cloud of flour.

You’ll have a nice thick cookie dough:the cookie dough ready

Roll the dough into small 1/2-3/4″ balls and place on cookie sheets.

cookie dough rolled up in a ball

Next, flatten them with the bottom of a glass, like this:
I dipped the glass into flour so the dough wouldn’t stick.

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flattening the balls with a cup

Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes. 7 minutes was perfect for me, but I’d start at 6 minutes and go from there. You don’t want these overdone. They should be set but not brown.

Cool completely.

the cookies cooling a a metal rack

Next, we’ll make the buttercream frosting.

Cream 1 stick of butter until nice and smooth.

Now gradually add in 4 cups of powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (I used clear imitation vanilla so I could get a whiter color). Just like the flour before, do this slowly or you’ll have a huge mess of sugar around you. You might have sugar around you anyways because it’s a lot of sugar but we’ll try to keep the mess minimal, right?

If it’s too thick, you can add 1 Tablespoon of milk. Or just plow through with your mixer and you’ll have this: Doesn’t look much like buttercream icing yet, does it? Just wait…

frosting being made

Now add 1 Tablespoon of milk. Ahhh… see.. that’s looking better:

milk being added to the frosting

Add another tablespoon of milk… isn’t that starting to look smooth?

more milk being added to the frosting

And 1 more tablespoon. I added 3 TB of milk total, but you can add up to 4 if you need to get it to a better consistency.

Now tell me that doesn’t look amazing? Don’t you want to taste it?

more milk being added

 

Set half the buttercream aside. For the remaining half, add a few drops of pink food color.

I use AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste Food Color and wow is it amazing! I used to use Wilton, but AmeriColor is so much better! A little goes a long way and it makes beautiful colors.

food coloring being added to the frosting

Have fun frosting and decorating your Valentine’s Day frosted butter cookies. Make it a project with the kids or engage your inner decorator!

By the way, if you are looking for another fun treat to whip up with your children, try this no-bake Valentine’s Day Chex mix! It’s easy to put together and your kids will love it.

Frosted valentine butter cookies

 

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Frosted Valentine Butter Cookies

frosted valentine butter cookies
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  • Yield: 3 dozen 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 3–4 TB milk
  • red food coloring (optional)

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  2. Form dough into 1/2-1″ balls and placed on cookie sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on wire racks.
  3. For frosting, cream butter. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; it will be very stiff. Add 3-4 tablespoons of milk, 1 tablespoon at a time until spreading consistency is reached. Add food coloring to a portion or all of frosting if desired. Frost cookies.
  4. Yield: about 3 dozen cookies

Frosted valentine butter cookies

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    Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes, Seasonal, Valentine's Day Tagged With: cookies, Valentine's Day recipesPublished on February 8, 2012

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    About Erika

    Erika Bragdon is a flower essence practitioner and a second-generation homeschooling mom with 3 kids at home and 1 in college. She enjoys her chickens, goats, and gardening on a small farm in New Hampshire, and is passionate about sharing flower essences and more ways to renew body, mind, and soul with moms.

    Comments

    1. Nicole (Mama to 4 Blessings) says

      February 8, 2012 at 7:54 am

      YUMMY! DID YOU SAVE ME SOME? 🙂 I LIKE THAT YOU USE THE BOTTOM OF A CUP TO FLATTEN THEM, I USE MY HANDS AND THEY DO NOT COME OUT AS NICE! 🙂

      • Erika says

        February 8, 2012 at 8:00 am

        Absolutely, just fly on up for a visit. The kids would have a blast! 😉
        I learned that tip about the glass years ago and it works really well.

    2. Kecia says

      February 8, 2012 at 8:33 am

      These cookies look so cute…not to mention yummy! I pinned them so I can make them soon!!

      • Erika says

        February 8, 2012 at 8:49 pm

        Yay!

    3. LisaLisa says

      February 8, 2012 at 9:23 am

      Mmm.mmm good. I wish i could bake my husband does all the baking in our home. This is a must share with him. Great post!

    4. Felissa (Two Little Cavaliers) says

      February 8, 2012 at 10:28 am

      Seeing the pink frosting I have to share this story. When I was in Kindergarten my mom was the room mother for Halloween she was making frosted cookies. She put too much orange frosting in the mixer and it exploded all over the kitchen. Everything was covered in frosting. No matter how much my mom cleaned for weeks we found frosting all over.

      • Erika says

        February 8, 2012 at 9:03 pm

        Oh my goodness, wow., I can just imagine! Your poor mom! lol

    5. Tiffany says

      February 8, 2012 at 11:15 am

      What a great idea to use the glass to flatten the cookies; never would have thought about that!

    6. Bewildered Bug says

      February 8, 2012 at 6:30 pm

      It’s so interesting that you used buttercream on the cookies instead of royal icing – I think that would taste absolutely decadent – do they store easily?

      • Erika says

        February 8, 2012 at 9:06 pm

        They do taste amazing! The buttercream is softer than royal icing so you can’t pack them tightly into a cookie tin and if you stack them on top of each other, it might mess up the frosting. But I’ve got my batch in a tin and they are fine.

    7. Dakotapam says

      February 8, 2012 at 8:02 pm

      Mmmm, those look good. they would be even better if someone did the work for me!

      • Erika says

        February 8, 2012 at 9:06 pm

        haha, isn’t that the truth?

    8. Kelsey Apley says

      February 9, 2012 at 9:14 am

      Those look fabulous!

    9. Cassandra Eastman says

      January 21, 2013 at 1:11 am

      These look SO delicious! I think i’ve found our Valentine Cookie recipe for this year 🙂 Thank you so much!

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