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    Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies

    November 22, 2022 by Carolyn Leave a Comment

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    These chocolate chip heart cookies are adorable, addictively delicious, and perfect for Valentine's day! They have crisp edges, chewy centers, and are jam-packed with mini chocolate chips.

    heart cookies surrounded by valentines sprinkles

    Heart shaped cookies make an adorable little Valentine's treat! You can make them big or small, then frost them and add heart sprinkles.

    These charming heart shaped chocolate chip cookies do more than just look cute. They taste amazing too! The edges are golden brown and crisp, the centers soft and chewy, and the insides jam-packed with mini chocolate chips.

    Mini chocolate chips make the dough easier to roll, and look quaint too, but you could just as easily add heart sprinkles or another cute mix-in.

    Why you'll love it

    • Easy to make heart cookies
    • Perfect for Valentine's day!
    • They taste delicious, with crisp edges and soft middles.
    • Freezer-friendly & easy to make ahead

    Ingredients

    ingredients for chocolate chip cookies

    Unsalted butter - Butter is the base of a delicious cookie! I always bake with unsalted butter and add salt myself so the cookies aren't too salty. Be sure to let it come to room temperature first. If you forgot to leave it out, just pop it in the microwave for a few seconds until it gives a little when you push on it.

    Sugar & brown sugar - To sweeten the cookies! I love a combo of white and brown sugar for the perfect texture and spread.

    Egg & egg yolk - An egg gives the cookies structure and an extra yolk takes these babies over the top! Trust me on this one. If you've been wondering why you're cookies aren't amazing, an extra yolk may just be the answer.

    All-purpose flour - The right amount of flour is key to the perfect thickness. Too little and the cookies aren't thick enough, too much and they're too thick! If you're gluten-free, you can swap regular flour with Bob's Red Mill's 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour.

    Baking soda - Even cookies need leavening or they come out too dense.

    Kosher salt - A small amount of salt enhances sweetness. If you only have table salt, cut the amount in half.

    Mini chocolate chips - I highly encourage you to buy MINI chocolate chips, and not just because they're cute. Since the dough must be rolled out and cut to get the heart shape, you don't want big chocolate chips in your way.

    How to make heart shaped cookies

    These heart cookies are a breeze to make! I may say that often, but what can I say? I'm a BIG fan of simple recipes.

    Before you do anything, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two sheet pans with parchment paper.

    1. Make the cookie dough

    Cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. You can use a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer to do this.

    a bowl of creamed butter and sugar

    Add the eggs and the yolk to the butter mixture. Beat until incorporated, then scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

    Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Beat on low speed so the flour doesn't poof outside of the bowl. Once a cookie dough forms, stop the mixer.

    a bowl of cookie dough

    Add the mini chocolate chips and beat until the chips are dispersed throughout the cookie dough.

    a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough

    2. Roll and cut the cookie dough

    Next we want to chill the dough to make it easier to work with. Use your hands to form the cookie dough into a large disc and wrap it in plastic wrap.

    Chill the dough for 30 minutes to let it firm up a bit.

    a large disc of cookie dough

    Roll out the cookie dough. Sprinkle flour onto a clean work surface and use a rolling pin to roll the cookie dough around ½ inch thickness. A little thicker is fine, but you don't want it to be too thick or you won't get clean lines.

    cookie dough rolled thin with hearts cut out of it

    Cut out six large heart cookies with a heart cookie cutter. If you have a small cookie cutter, that's fine too. You will just need to decrease the baking time by a couple minutes.

    Once you cut six cookies out, roll the remaining dough back into a ball and roll it out again. Cut out six more hearts.

    3. Freeze the cookies

    heart cookies on a sheet pan

    Place six cookie hearts onto each sheet pan. Place the sheet pans with the cookies into the freezer for 30 minutes. Doing this ensures the cookies won't spread too much. If they spread, you lose the defined heart shape!

    4. Bake the cookies

    chocolate chip heart cookies on sheet pan.

    Bake the cookies until the edges are golden brown, but the middles still look underdone. If the whole cookie is brown when it comes out of the oven, it's overbaked!

    Mine took about 11 minutes. If your heart cookies are small, it will take less!

    Cookie Making Tips

    • Don't overbake the cookies! Cookies should look slightly underdone when you remove them from the oven. They will continue to set up as they cool. If the entire cookie is brown when it comes out of the oven, it will be crispy when it cools. (And not in a good way!)
    • Let the cookies set up on the sheet pan. Hot cookies fall apart. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes before you transfer them to a cooling rack.
    • Chill the cookie dough to make it easier to work with. Don't leave it in there too long or it will get rock hard. Just 30 or 45 minutes works great. The cookie dough will be easier to work with if its cold.
    heart cookies on a cooling rack

    Variations

    • Mix-ins - Swap the mini chocolate chips with any mix-ins you like! Just remember you don't want them to be big or else you won't be able to roll out the dough. Try red jimmies, heart sprinkles, shredded coconut, or finely chopped white chocolate.
    • Frosting - For a truly festive heart cookie, frost the tops with pink, white, or red icing, then top with heart sprinkles!

    Storing Tips

    Store leftover heart cookies in a plastic bag or airtight container on the counter for up to three days.

    You can freeze these heart shaped chocolate chip cookies unbaked or baked!

    Unbaked: Follow the recipe to roll and cut out the cookies, but don't bake them. Instead leave the unbaked heart cookies in the freezer until solid, then transfer them to a ziplock bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen as directed.

    Baked: Once the baked cookies are cool, transfer them to a freezer-safe container or ziplock bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. Let thaw on the counter or pop one in the microwave in 15-second increments until warmed.

    heart cookies on counter with sprinkles

    FAQs

    Do you cut cookie shapes before or after baking?

    It's best to cut your cookie into shapes before you bake them! While technically you can cut them after, it's difficult and messy to do. The cookies have to be cut while they're hot to get a uniform shape.

    Can you make heart shaped cookies without a cookie cutter?

    Yes, if you don't have a heart cookie cutter, use a sharp knife to cut the cookie dough into hearts. The lines won't be as clean or uniform, but it will work. Be sure to chill the cookie dough before you roll it out, so it's not to soft as you cut it.

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    heart shaped chocolate chip cookies with red sprinkles

    Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies

    These chocolate chip heart cookies are adorable, addictively delicious, and perfect for Valentine's day! They have crisp edges, chewy centers, and are jam-packed with mini chocolate chips.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 12 mins
    Total Time 22 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 large cookies
    Calories 252 kcal

    Equipment

    • Electric hand mixer or stand mixer with the paddle attachment
    • Measuring cups & spoons
    • Rolling Pin
    • Heart cookie cutter
    • Sheet pan

    Ingredients
      

    • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (4 ounces) room temperature
    • ½ cup white sugar
    • ¼ cup brown sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 egg yolk
    • 1 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled or gluten-free all-purpose flour blend
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
    • In a large bowl, combine the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Use an electric mixer to cream together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
    • Add the egg and the egg yolk to the butter mixture. Beat until just combined.
    • Add the flour, baking soda, and salt to the butter mixture, then mix until a cookie dough forms.
    • Add the mini chocolate chips and stir or beat until well dispersed throughout the dough. Form the cookie dough into a large disc and wrap it in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.
    • Sprinkle flour onto a clean work surface and roll the cookie dough into ¼ inch thickness. Use a large heart cookie cutter to cut out six cookies. Shape the remaining dough back into a ball and roll it out again. Cut out six more hearts.
    • Place six heart cookies onto each sheet pan. Place the sheet pans in the freezer for 30 minutes. Freezing the cookies before you put them in the oven ensures they stay heart shaped.
    • Bake each sheet pan for 11 to 12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. If you used a small heart cookie cutter, you may need to decrease the time by a minute or two,
    • Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the pan, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

    Notes

    To spoon and level the flour, spoon the flour into the measuring cup and level it with the back of a butter knife. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 113mgPotassium: 30mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 308IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
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