Valentine's Shortbread Blossoms
Tender shortbread gets topped with a chocolate heart to make these simple, delicious Valentine's Day cookies.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Butter softened
- 2/3 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
- 24 Chocolate Hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place softened butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy, at least one minute.
- Add the salt and one cup of flour and mix until combined. Add the other cup of flour (and food coloring if desired) and mix until dough just comes together – it will be a bit crumbly at first but it will come together. Once it starts holding together, stop mixing and use your hands to gently squeeze the dough until it comes into a ball.
- Scoop out dough and roll into 1 inch balls. That's just over a tablespoon of dough per ball – I use my standard size cookie dough scoop and underfill it slightly. Place balls on lined cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until edge of cookie feels set. Remove cookies from the tray and place on paper towels on the counter. Immediately place a chocolate heart in the center of each cookie, pressing down until cookie cracks around the edges.
- Cool completely before serving (about 2 hours).