These bite-size Valentine cookies are soft and chewy sugar cookies frosted with buttercream frosting and festive candy sprinkles, and are the perfect mini cookie recipe to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time8 minutesmins
Total Time28 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Valentine Cookie Recipe, Valentine Cookies, Valentine's Day Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350° and lightly grease a baking sheet(s).
For the Cookies
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter, oil and sour cream together on medium speed using an electric mixer, or a stand mixer, for one minute.
Add sugar and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix on low speed just until dough forms a ball.
Roll the dough into about ¾ inch size dough balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
Spray the bottom of a glass with non-stick cooking spray and gently press each cookie to flattened them a bit.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Remove cookies from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes and then remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Buttercream Frosting
In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, milk and vanilla together. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy.
Divide the frosting into three bowls and add red coloring to one bowl, blue to another, and leave one bowl filled with white frosting. Stir the food coloring and add additional food coloring to get desired results.
Once cookies have cooled completely, frost cookies with a generous amount of frosting, then sprinkle with festive Valentine sprinkles.
Let the frosting setup then place cookies in a container for storing and place parchment paper in between the layers.
Notes
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