valentines day + heidi's bday cookie making ~ ♥

~ rainbow heart cookie ~

Live253 is back in time for Valentines Day and Heidi's birthday!!

Scroll down for this easy to follow recipe 

& make cute cookies ~ 

Step 1: Mix 3/4 cup of butter, 1 1/4 cup of powdered sugar,

a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 

3 egg yolks (*Keep the egg whites for later use!),

and 2 1/2 cup of cake flour

 

Step 2: Roll the batter into a ball

Step 3: Cut a 1/3 of the batter for vanilla dough

Then divide the remaining 2/3 of the dough 

for rainbow colors (6 colors)

Step 4: Add food coloring to each of the 6 squared doughs

Step 5: Roll the colored rainbow dough into a ball

 

  

Step 6: Once done, flatten the dough out with a roller

(Use two 0.5 cm thick notebook/book to use as a 

measurement tool to even out the width of each colored layer)

Step 7: Then, stack the rolled out colored layers on top of 

each other, gluing them together with egg wash

(To make egg wash: mix egg whites with 1 tablespoon of water)

Step 8: Lightly press the stacked layers,

 then cut the stacked layer into small strips (1.5 cm wide)

*Click to enlarge the image

Step 9: Following the diagram, cut out the hearts

Step 10: Stack the hearts with egg wash

 

Step 11: With the 1/3 vanilla dough, roll out strips of the dough

to cover the line of hearts

Step 12: Refrigerate until the cookie dough hardens

 

Step 13: Once hardened, spread egg wash over the cookie dough,

then roll it in your choice of sprinkles

Step 14: Then cut the dough into smaller cookie pieces

Step 15: Bake the cookies at 335°F for 10-15 minutes

Cookies are soooo cute and perfect for Valentines Day!!!!! 

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

(Credits to Eugenie Kitchen)