Easy Valentine Sandwich Cookies Recipes

VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl, and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, and beat until well incorporated. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture, beating on the lowest speed. Continue to mix on the lowest setting until the dry ingredients are just incorporated.
• Divide the dough in half, and shape it into two discs. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• When the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Set aside. Taking only one portion of dough out of the refrigerator at a time, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough to 1/8-1/4 inch thickness. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out cookies and transfer them to the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake the cookies for 9-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Once the cookies are cooled, prepare the filling. Combine the softened butter, half and half, vanilla, and salt and beat until combined. Add the powdered sugar slowly until the filling is smooth. It should be slightly stiffer than cupcake frosting. Add pink or red food coloring until the desired color is reached.
• Transfer the filling to a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (or a freezer zip-lock bag with the corner snipped off.) Pipe the filling onto half of the cookies, and top with the remaining cookies to form a cookie sandwich.

EASY VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix and flour until well blended. Add butter and egg; stir until soft dough forms.
• On floured surface, roll dough to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/4-inch heart shaped cookie cutter. Generously cover large piece of waxed paper with granulated sugar. Transfer cutouts to waxed paper using pancake turner. Turn each cutout to coat both sides. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 5 to 6 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Divide frosting into six small bowls. Add the following different amounts of red liquid food color to one of each of the bowls starting with a toothpick, 1 drop, 3 drops, 7 drops, 12 drops and 25 drops to make different shades of pink.
• For each cookie sandwich, spread about 1 teaspoon frosting on the bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together.

VALENTINE COOKIES

Steps:

• In bowl of electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into large bowl. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture to mixer bowl, alternating with buttermilk, until combined. Wrap dough in plastic; chill until firm, 1 hour or overnight.
• To color white sanding sugar, if using: Place a few tablespoons in a small bowl. Mix in petal dust with a toothpick, a bit at a time, until desired shade is reached. Colored sanding sugar will last indefinitely.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees with two racks centered. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. On lightly floured surface, roll chilled dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut out hearts using any 1- to 3 1/2-inch heart cookie cutters. If desired, cut centers out of some hearts. Transfer with spatula to baking sheets. Chill for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar, if using. Bake until just golden but not too brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack. Continue with dough; reroll scraps.
• To make sandwich hearts: Brush bottom heart lightly with jam; cover with a second heart with center cut out; jam will adhere hearts. Fill cut-out area with more jam.

VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Add the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on high speed for one minute, to ensure that the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add in the eggs, and beat together for 30 seconds.
• Next, add in the powdered sugar, cornstarch, vanilla bean paste, and salt. Beat together for 30 seconds, or until fully incorporated. Lastly, add in the flour. Beat to incorporate.
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Once the dough has chilled, unwrap the plastic wrap, and place the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 1 - 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
• Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into a large sheet, about ¼ inch thick. Use a 1 ½ to 2 inch round cookie cutter to cut out as many cookies from the dough as possible. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets. Combine the remaining scraps of dough into a ball, roll it out into a ¼ inch thick sheet, and cut more cookies. Repeat these steps until all of the dough is used.
• Place 32 heart candies into the center of 32 of the cookies. Press the candy hearts into the dough so that they stick. You should have 32 cookies with candies, and 32 cookies without candies.
• Bake the cookies for 12 minutes. They will be slightly browned around the edges, but still soft to the touch. Remove the cookies from the oven, and place on cooling racks to cool completely.
• Once the cookies are cool, make the frosting. Add all of the frosting ingredients to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat together on high speed for 2 minutes, or until a smooth and fluffy frosting has formed.
• Spoon the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star piping tip. Start with the plain cookies, without candy hearts. Turn each one upside down, and pipe frosting onto the bottom. Top with the candy heart cookies, heart-side up. Gently press the cookies together so that they stick together and make sandwiches.
• Serve immediately. You may also store the cookies in airtight containers at room temperature for up to three days, or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

EASY VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream butter and confectioners' sugar together in a large bowl. Beat in egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar together in a medium bowl. Add to butter mixture; beat until dough is just combined. Divide dough into thirds and shape each portion into a ball.
• Place one portion of dough on a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4-inch thickness. For each sandwich cookie, cut out two 3-inch hearts; cut out the center of one of the hearts with a 1 1/2-inch cutter. Place cutout pieces 1 to 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Frost each solid 3-inch cookie with Pink Valentine Frosting and top with an open-centered cookie to form a sandwich. Frost the remaining small hearts and serve as separate cookies.

EASY VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix and flour until well blended. Add butter and egg; stir until soft dough forms.
• On floured surface, roll dough to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/4-inch heart shaped cookie cutter. Generously cover large piece of waxed paper with granulated sugar. Transfer cutouts to waxed paper using pancake turner. Turn each cutout to coat both sides. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 5 to 6 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Divide frosting into six small bowls. Add the following different amounts of red liquid food color to one of each of the bowls starting with a toothpick, 1 drop, 3 drops, 7 drops, 12 drops and 25 drops to make different shades of pink.
• For each cookie sandwich, spread about 1 teaspoon frosting on the bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together.