Valentines Day Chocolate Cookies Recipes

VALENTINE'S DAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk together the flour, white sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat honey, milk, butter, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth.
• Stir the flour mixture into the honey mixture until just combined.
• Fold in the chocolate and vanilla chips.
• Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto nonstick baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool; dust with confectioners' sugar.

VALENTINE'S DAY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, cocoa, salt, and cinnamon together into a bowl; set aside. Put butter and confectioners sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill in freezer 15 minutes.
• Using a 2- or 3-inch X- or O-shaped cookie cutter or a template and a knife, quickly cut out shapes from dough (if dough begins to soften, chill it in freezer 3 to 5 minutes). Reroll and cut scraps.
• Transfer shapes to baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Chill in freezer until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Brush flour from shapes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

EASY VALENTINE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond extract. Mix well.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; blend into the butter mixture. Divide dough into thirds and shape into balls.
• Working with 1/3 of dough at a time, roll out dough into desired thickness on a lightly floured surface. For each heart sandwich cookie, cut out 2 3-inch hearts. Cut out the center of ONE of the 3-inch hearts with the 1 1/2-inch cutter.
• Place each piece separately on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 - 2 inches apart. Bake in a preheated, 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven until lightly browned (7-8 minutes for 1/4 inch thick cookies). Cool completely on wire rack. Frost bottom cookie with Pink Valentine Frosting and place an open centered cookie on top to form the sandwich. Also frost the small 1 1/2 inch hearts and serve as separate cookies.