Easy chewy Valentine's Day sugar cookies require no chill time, use simple ingredients, and come together so easily. Sometimes you don't have time to make elaborate holiday cookies, these are just as beautiful and delicious without all the time and work!
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THEM
They use simple ingredients. These cookies use basic baking ingredients that you probably already have in your cupboard.
No chill time. This sugar cookie dough requires no chilling.
Fast and easy. These cookies have a gorgeous Valentine's Day look to them with out taking a lot of time to decorate. You just dip them in some sprinkles and they’re good to go.
Step By Step Instructions
Start by preheating your oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. I can not say enough about how much I love using parchment paper. The cookies come off the pan so easily and there not greasy like you get when you use butter or spray oil on the pan.
In a large bowl or stand mixer with the paddle attachment on cream together butter and sugar. You want the mixture to be light and fluffy, I usually mix mine for 3 minutes.
Add in the egg, red food colouring, and vanilla extract and mix till well combined.
In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix till well combined.
In a shallow bowl add in the sprinkles.
Scoop cookie dough into 1 & 1/2 tablespoon size balls (I like to use a small cookie/ice cream scoop). Roll the top and sides of the dough ball in the sprinkles and place them on the baking tray 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the bottoms are light golden brown. Let cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to fully cool.
Frequently Asked Questions
STORING THE COOKIES
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to four days.
What Does Spoonedand Levelled Flour Mean?
Spooned and levelled flour refers to the way of measuring flour. To properly measure flour you should scoop spoonfuls of flour into your measuring cup and then level off the access by scrape with knife. Scooping the measuring cup directly into your flour cause the flour to compress and getting more flour than the recipe calls for.
HOW TO GET PERFECTLY ROUND COOKIES
As soon as the baked cookies are pulled from the oven place a round cookie cutter (a little bit large than the cookies) around the cookies and gently swirl it around. This will give your cookie a round shape. If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can use a glass or a jar lid.
CAN I MAKE THE COOKIES Larger?
Yes, you can scoop 3 tbsp balls and bake for 12-13 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
How to Get Chewy Cookies
The trick is to slightly under bake the cookies. Take them out when the centre looks a little soft. Leave them to cool on the tray. The residual heat from the tray will continue to cook the cookies. Once cooled the cookies will stiffen up and be chewy.
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Chewy Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C salted butter at room temperature
- 1 & 1/3 C white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp red food colouring this may differ depending on the brand of food colouring you use
- 2 & 1/2 C all purpose flour spooned and levelled
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 C Valentine's day coloured sprinkles or coarse pink sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer with the paddle attachment on cream together butter and sugar. You want the mixture to be light and fluffy, I usually mix mine for 3 minutes.1 C salted butter, 1 & 1/3 C white sugar
- Add in the egg, food colouring, and vanilla extract and mix till well combined. You may have to add more food colouring to get your desired colour of pink depending on the brand of dye you're using.1 large egg, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp red food colouring
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.2 & 1/2 C all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix till well combined.
- In a shallow bowl add in the sprinkles. I did two bowls one with sprinkles and another with coarse pink sugar.1/2 C Valentine's day coloured sprinkles or coarse pink sugar
- Scoop cookie dough into 1 & 1/2 tablespoon size balls (I like to use a small cookie/ice cream scoop). Roll the top and sides of the dough ball in the sprinkles and place them on the baking tray 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until the bottoms are a light golden brown. Let cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to fully cool.
Notes
Allice Goode
Fabulous!! I even changed the recipe and made the most amazing chocolate sugar cookies. I just added in 2/3 cups of brown sugar, 2/3 cup cocoa powder, an extra 1/4 teaspoon each of baking b g soda and baking powder and an extra Tabledpoon of Mexican vanilla. My family loves these chocolate sugar cookies m ies. I also leave out the food coloring but I do sprinkle decorators sugar on top of all of them