Marble Iced Sugar Cookie Hearts
Heart sugar cookies with a marble icing for Valentine's Day.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 246kcal
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Hand Mixer
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Rolling Pin
- Heart Cookie Cutters
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large egg room temperature
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 ½ cups flour divided
Icing
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 5 tbsp milk start with 4 tbsp and add if needed
- 5 tbsp corn syrup start with 4 tbsp and add if needed
- Gel food coloring
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed.1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt and continue blending until thoroughly combined.2 large egg, 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp salt
- Slowly add the flour, mixing just until combined.3 ½ cups flour
- Cover the dough and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
- While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and roll out onto a floured surface about a half of an inch thick and cut into desired shapes.
- Place shapes onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are set.
- Meanwhile, prepare the icing by combining the confectioners sugar, milk, and corn syrup in a small bowl. Add more or less milk to adjust consistency.3 cups confectioners sugar, 5 tbsp milk, 5 tbsp corn syrup
- Squeeze a small amount of food coloring into the icing and use a toothpick to drag the color across the surface.Gel food coloring
- Dip each cookie into the icing, allowing excess to drip off. Place on a plate or cooling rack and allow the icing to set. About one hour.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 264IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg