Valentine’s Day & Galentine’s Day! Whether you celebrate February 14th with your sweetheart or your friends, I have a perfectly festive cookie for you! These are my Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies aka:
The Valentine’s Day version of Christmas Cookie Sparkles The peanut-free version of Peanut Butter Sweethearts
Dressed in sparkling sprinkles and sealed with a chocolate heart. Mwah!
Behind the Recipe: Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies
These are cream cheese sugar cookies. They’re extra thick and sweet with a lovely little tang. The cookie dough is made from simple sugar cookie ingredients like butter, sugar, egg, and flour. Cream cheese is a secret ingredient, transforming these soft sugar cookies into super soft and super creamy sugar cookies. For added flavor, I recommend a splash of almond extract. Almond extract pairs wonderfully with the chocolate heart on top! The cookie dough needs to chill for 1 hour before rolling into balls. However, I successfully cut it down to only 30-45 minutes with success! If you’re in a rush this Valentine’s Day, these cookies are relatively quick. There is NO rolling pin or cookie cutters required. Rather, this is a simple drop-style sugar cookie that bakes up perfectly round. Here is my cream cheese cut-out cookies with Nutella glaze recipe if you’re interested. Just as soft and creamy as today’s! Here’s a tip: Notice how I’m pressing down the cookie dough balls? That’s an important step. These cream cheese cookies won’t really spread unless you give them a little nudge. Use the bottom of a measuring cup to slightly flatten down.
Glam it Up
Here are two little extras to glam up your sugar cookies: Let me know if you try these for Valentine’s Day, and if you need more inspiration, here are 36+ Valentine’s Day dessert recipes.
More Valentine’s Day Desserts
To round out your Valentine’s Day celebration:
Valentine’s Day Cupcakes & decorated Valentine’s Day Cookies Creme Brûlée (only 6 ingredients) Chocolate Truffles Chocolate Lava Cakes (only 6 ingredients) Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies (you can’t go wrong with classic chocolate chip cookies, either!) Valentine’s Day Chocolate Bark (only 3 ingredients) White Chocolate Red Velvet Cookies
