Chocolate and Vanilla Sweetheart Cookies
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Say “I love you” with chocolate and vanilla heart-shaped sugar cookies this Valentine’s Day!
Chocolate and Vanilla Sweetheart Cookies
Today, I’m excited to share a special Valentine-themed Sweetheart Cookie recipe guaranteed to make your loved ones smile!
Start with buttery vanilla and chocolate sugar cookie dough and used nested heart-shaped cookie cutters to bake up these impressive “black and white” heart cookies.
And, since it is the love month I’m excited to join other food bloggers for the second year in a Valentine event to raise money and awareness about pediatric cancer.
Instructions
First, let me just tell you how much fun it is to make these cookies!
The easy way to achieve these two-tone cookies is to roll out and cut out a sheet of cookies from the chocolate and vanilla doughs with a larger cookie cutter. Then use a smaller one to cut out a heart shape from the middle of each cookie.
Gently lift them out and replace with cut outs from the other flavor. (Hint: I used these heart shaped cookie cutters and they worked great for this project!)
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer
This is the second year for our Valentine’s event! We want to make a difference in the fight against pediatric cancer!
Did you know that cancer is the #1 cause of death of children by disease in the U.S.? There are 40,000 U.S. children actively battling cancer right now.
With less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget going to all childhood cancer combined, I knew it was important for me to get involved.
Help us make a difference by donating to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer! Our goal is to raise at least $3000. Because these three companies: Dixie Crystals, Mediavine and OXO have each pledged to match our donations raised through this campaign up to $3000!!!
Thanks to many of you, we have reached our goal. You can still donate and help us make an even bigger difference!
Chocolate and Vanilla Sweetheart Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 tablespoons milk divided
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Chocolate Glaze
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheets with silicone baking liners or baking parchment.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave butter with 2 tablespoons milk a few seconds at a time until butter is melted. Stir in 6 tablespoons cocoa powder until smooth; set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder; set aside.
- Using a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at time, mixing well after each. Add the vanilla and remaining 2 tablespoons milk and mix well.
- Gradually add the flour and mix on low speed until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Divide the dough in half. Shape one half of the dough into a flat disc and wrap in plastic wrap to chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Add the chocolate mixture to the remaining dough and mix until combined. Shape the chocolate dough into a flat disc and wrap in plastic wrap to chill for 30 minutes.
- Using one disc at a time, roll the dough to 1/8 – 1/4 inch thickness between two pieces of parchment paper. Cut out heart shapes using a 4-inch cookie cutter and place 2 inches apart on silicone lined cookie sheets. Return the cut out cookies to the refrigerator while you repeat the process with the chocolate dough.
- Using a smaller heart-shaped cookie cutter, stamp out a heart shape from the cookies on the baking sheets. Carefully lift out the smaller heart from the dough with the tip of a spatula or knife. Nestle chocolate cut-out hearts inside vanilla cookies and vanilla cut-out hearts inside chocolate cookies, being careful not to disturb the outer shapes.
- Bake in batches for 15-20 minutes, depending on the thickness, until edges are just crisp. Cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely before decorating.
Chocolate Glaze
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave butter a few seconds at a time until butter is melted. Stir in 2 tablespoons HOT water 2 tablespoons cocoa powder until smooth.
- Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Decorate cookies by drizzling or piping the glaze onto cooled cookies. The glaze will harden as it cools.
Notes
- Recipe adapted from Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies by SugaryWinzy.
- Chocolate glaze recipe by Genius Kitchen.
Nutrition
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Could you please clarify step 2 of the cookie instructions. It says to microwave the butter with 2 tablespoons of the milk until the butter is melted, then stir in the 6 tablespoons of cocoa until smooth. But how much of the butter do we use for that step?
For the glaze, use 2 tablespoons of butter.
Such a pretty cookie and the best of both flavors in one cookie!! Glad to be joining in this event with you and the others!