Description
These adorable Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Heart Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to share with your loved ones. With a peanut butter cookie base and a heart-shaped Hershey’s chocolate on top, these cookies are not only delicious but also beautiful.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies:
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus 1/3 cup for rolling)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Decoration:
- 32 heart-shaped Hershey’s chocolates
Instructions
- Heat the oven and prepare the cookie sheets: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or use a silpat liner.
- Prepare the chocolates: Unwrap the heart chocolates and refrigerate them while preparing the dough.
- Mix the dry ingredients: In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Cream the wet ingredients: In a larger bowl, beat together the peanut butter, butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until well combined.
- Add egg and vanilla: Mix in the egg and vanilla extract until combined.
- Incorporate the dry ingredients: Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until no flour streaks remain.
- Roll the dough: Roll the dough into balls, coat them in sugar, and place on the cookie sheets.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 9-12 minutes until puffy with slight cracks.
- Add the chocolate: Press a heart-shaped chocolate onto each cookie immediately after removing from the oven.
- Cool and serve: Let the cookies cool on the sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- You can customize these cookies for any occasion by using different shaped chocolates.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to one week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg