Heart Valentine Cookies
Level of difficulty: Beginner
Project overview/ description
What You'll Need:
- White/Cream frosting
- Sugar Cookie mix
Let's Do This!
Step 1:
- To create frosting colors, mix white/cream frosting with pink food coloring.
Step 2:
Cookie 1: Simple Swirling Heart Design
- Mix petal pink coloring with white frosting. Evenly apply it to front of cookie with spatula.
- Add more food coloring to create deeper pink. Using a piping bag and the “classic round” tip, trace the edges of the cookie. Finish with a swirl.
- Add a dash of pink sprinkles to your cookie.
- If desired, accent ends of the swirl with white pearl decorating sprinkles.
Step 3:
Cookie 2: Sweet Stripes
- Evenly apply white frosting with spatula to cookie.
- Add more food coloring to create deeper pink. Using a piping bag and the “classic round” tip, trace the edges of the cookie.
- Criss cross stripes of frosting by dragging the piping bag across the cookie to the edge.
- If desired, add white and gold pearl sprinkles where the stripes cross.
Step 4:
Cookie 3: Ombre Swirling Design
- Evenly apply white frosting with spatula to cookie.
- Dollop some pink frosting near the top of the cookie. With the back of a spoon or spatula, swirl the pink frosting into the white.
- As you swirl, pull less pink frosting to the bottom of the cookie, creating a gradient.
- Use the “open star” piping tip to create the white lace effect around the edges of your cookie.
