Valentine's Day Cookie Pops
These cookie pops are made of sugar cookies, decorated with royal icing, and completely customizable to share some Valentine's Day love with your favorite people.
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Servings: 16
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened to room temperature)
- 1 ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- ⅛ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 3 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoon Heavy Cream
Royal Icing
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Meringue Powder
- ¼ cup Water (+ 1-3 extra tablespoons of water)
Instructions
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
- Preheat Oven to 350° degrees. Line cookie sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream the softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes on high. The mixture will start to look fluffy and lighten in color.
- In a small bowl, combine egg, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Add this mixture to the butter and sugar, cream on medium speed until fully combined.
- Measure out flour in a separate bowl. Add to the butter/egg mixture about ½ cup at a time and beat on low. Continue adding in ½ increments until all of the flour has been added.
- At this point, the mixture will look slightly dry and crumby. Add the heavy cream and beat on high for 10-20 seconds. As soon as the dough starts to come together, stop beating. The sugar cookie dough will be very slightly tacky, but should not be sticky.
- In between 2 sheets of wax paper, roll out about half of the dough to ⅜" to ½" thickness. Roll out the other half of the dough in 2 additional wax paper sheets.
- With your cookie cutters, cut out the hearts and place them on a cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes. Make sure the dough is hard, but not frozen solid. Insert the lollipop stick through the bottom edge of the cookie until it reaches over halfway up the cookie.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes until the bottom edges are golden brown. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan for at least 10 minutes. Move to a cooling rack and let cool completely.
Royal Icing Instructions
- Add powdered sugar to a large mixing bowl. Add the meringue powder and ¼ cup of water. Beat the ingredients on low for 30 seconds to 1 minute. The mixture will be very clumpy. Slowly add water, ½ teaspoon at a time, and continue to cream until the icing is smooth and white.
- Now that your cookies are baked and royal icing is made, follow the steps in the blog post for all of the decorating instructions!