Valentine Peanut Butter Heart Thumbprint Cookies
For Valentine's Day, whip up a batch of these Valentine Peanut Butter Heart Thumbprint Cookies and share some shortbread cookie and chocolate peanut butter deliciousness with your loved ones. This easy recipe makes 20 beautiful heart cookies, but you can easily double it for more!
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Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter plus 2 tablespoons, fully softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 scant cup cup cornstarch not a full cup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Hearts or Hershey's Kisses
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment cream together 2 sticks of butter and sugar.
- In a separate bowl sift together flour and cornstarch.
- Add salt and stir.
- Add the dry ingredients and the vanilla to the bowl and mix on high speed until combined, if mixture seems crumbly add extra tablespoons of butter.
- Form dough into a ball and wrap with plastic, then refrigerate for minimum 20 minutes or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325, line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Form dough into balls and place on baking sheet 1 inch apart.
- Use either your thumb or a glass to flatten cookie. Bake cookie for 15-20 minuets or until golden around the edges. I recommend checking after 10 minutes and then keeping an eye on them.
- Remove cookies from oven and let sit for one minute.
Notes
Note:I recommend checking after 10 minutes and then keeping an eye on them. I was not paying attention and my cookies browned more than I wanted around the edges.