Heart Cookies Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups castor sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Icing glaze

2 1/4 cups icing sugaer, sifted
2 tbsp glucose syrup
2 tbsp milk
Food colouring of your choice

Recipe Method

Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix to combine.
Divide dough in half and gather into balls. Flatten them to disks and cover in cling film. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 190°C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and set aside.
On a floured worksurface, roll dough to 1/2 cm thickness and cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
Place on the tray and bake for 13 minutes or until pale golden.
Transfer cookies to racks to cool.
Mix cookie glaze ingredients together and colour to you liking. Cover cookies with the glaze.