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.
Equipment
- Electric hand mixer or stand mixer with the paddle attachment
- Measuring cups & spoons
- Rolling Pin
- Heart cookie cutter
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 (or ¾ cup mini chocolate chips and ¼ cup pink sprinkles) see note
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 smaller heart cookie cutter, decrease the time to 8 to 9 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for at least 10 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.
Note: You can decrease the mini chocolate chips to ¾ cup and add ¼ cup of red and pink jimmies for added color!
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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