These Valentine Chocolate Dipped Cookies, are a buttery minimize out cookie that don’t unfold when baked. The proper special day cookie that may be fashioned for any big day! Dip them in chocolate and prime them with sprinkles this makes them much more irresistible.
Cookies are an enormous deal in our home, so after they come out excellent like these sugar cookies you will make some individuals actually actually joyful!
You understand what I like in regards to the holidays? (Any vacation for that matter) I get to bake. I like baking. And these Valentine Chocolate Dipped Cookies are proper up my alley.
However typically I actually have to carry myself again from not posting one candy recipe after one other. It doesn’t assist that the Italian has an actual candy tooth (however no frosting please)!
After I hear “how come you haven’t baked something shortly”? these phrases are music to my ears. So right here’s to baking cookies!
Recipe Components
- Butter – softened butter
- Sugar – granulated sugar
- Egg – a big entire room temperature egg
- Flour – all goal flour with at the very least 11% protein
- Salt – In the event you use unsalted butter then add a bit extra salt
- Vanilla – vanilla extract
Extras
- Chocolate – good high quality semi candy (darkish) or milk chocolate
- Sprinkles
- Mini hearts
The right way to make Chocolate Dipped Cookies
In a small bowl whisk collectively the flour and salt.
In a meals processor cream collectively the butter and sugar simply till blended, add the egg, pulse a number of instances, add the vanilla and once more pulse a number of instances. Add the dry components and blend simply till dough begins to return collectively.
Take away the cookie dough from the bowl to a flippantly floured flat floor and gently knead till mixed (don’t over knead). Wrap in plastic and refrigerate one hour.
Take away the dough from the fridge, roll it on a flippantly floured flat floor with a flippantly floured rolling pin or roll the dough between two items of parchment paper, to desired thickness, minimize out the cookies along with your favourite cookie cutter.
Place the minimize out cookies on the ready cookie sheets, and refrigerate whereas the oven is pre-heating. Bake, cookies must be pale however baked by way of. Go away them on the baking sheet then transfer to a cooling rack to chill fully earlier than masking in melted chocolate and sprinkles.
The right way to soften chocolate the straightforward manner
Make sure you use good high quality chocolate, have to be chocolate that doesn’t comprise wax, which imply chocolate chips are usually not a good suggestion, except they specify melting chocolate chips.
Make certain your bowl may be very dry, as any drops of water will seize up the chocolate. In a deep bowl over a pot of boiling water (be certain the water doesn’t contact the underside of the dish). Add 1/2 of the chopped chocolate that you’re utilizing.
Warmth till temperature reaches 122 F (50C), take away the bowl from the warmth and add the remaining chopped chocolate, stir constantly till temperature reaches 89F (32C). Your chocolate is now prepared to make use of.
I like testing some superb Dessert and Candy blogs. Certainly one of my favourites is a lady by the title of Marian who blogs at Sweetopia. Actually these Valentine Chocolate Dipped Cookies have been primarily based on her Chocolate Sugar Cookies.
What if I don’t have a meals processor?
This cookie dough may also be made with a stand mixer, utilizing the paddle attachment however don’t over beat and observe the instructions for the meals processor.
You too can make this cookie recipe by hand, utilizing a big bowl, combine the components along with a fork till nearly mixed, then transfer to a flat floor and gently knead to kind a gentle dough. Once more don’t over work the dough.
Ideas for making one of the best cookies that don’t unfold
- Make certain your flour has at the very least 11% protein.
- Whisk dry components collectively.
- Cream butter and sugar in a meals processor, add egg and pulse.
- Add the dry components and pulse a few instances simply till dough begins to return collectively.
- Knead gently till dough comes collectively.
- Chill the cookie dough for one hour.
- Minimize out cookies and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.
- Bake, cookies must be pale in color however baked.
- Let cool fully earlier than adorning.
Extra Scrumptious Minimize-out Cookies
These Valentine Chocolate Dipped Coronary heart Cookies are the right cookies to make along with your children or grandkids and so they don’t unfold. They can assist with the slicing out and the adorning. And naturally the consuming. Get pleasure from!
FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon butter (125 grams whole)
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 medium egg
- 1⅓ cup all goal flour (at the very least 11% protein)
- 1 pinch salt*
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
*If utilizing unsalted butter then add ¼ teaspoon of salt.
EXTRAS
- 5 ounces good high quality chocolate (semi candy or milk chocolate)
- 2-3 tablespoons sprinkles
- 1 tablespoon mini hearts
**Make sure you use good high quality chocolate, have to be chocolate that doesn’t comprise wax, which imply chocolate chips are usually not a good suggestion, except they specify melting chocolate chips.
MAKING THE COOKIE DOUGH
In a small bowl whisk collectively the flour and salt.
In a meals processor cream collectively the butter and sugar till simply blended add the egg, pulse a number of instances, add the vanilla and once more pulse a number of instances. Add the dry components and blend simply till dough begins to return collectively. Transfer to a flippantly floured flat floor and gently knead till mixed (don’t over knead). Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.
Take away the dough from the fridge, roll it on a flippantly floured flat floor with a flippantly floured rolling pin to desired thickness, wherever from 1/8-1/4 inch (3-5mm) I at all times minimize on the thicker facet as a result of we (I) like thick cookies, minimize out the cookies along with your favourite cookie cutter.
You too can roll the dough between 2 items of parchment paper should you want.
Place the minimize out cookies on parchment paper lined cookie sheets, about 1 inch aside, refrigerate for about 15-20 minutes whereas the oven is pre-heating.
Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C).
Bake for about 10-Quarter-hour (relying on the thickness), cookies must be pale however baked (I baked mine for 11 minutes). Go away them on the baking sheet to chill for 10 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
MELTING THE CHOCOLATE
Make certain your bowl may be very dry, as any drops of water will seize up the chocolate. In a deep bowl over a pot of boiling water (be certain the water doesn’t contact the underside of the dish). Add 1/2 of the chopped chocolate that you’re utilizing.
Warmth till temperature reaches 122 F (50C), take away the bowl from the warmth and add the remaining chopped chocolate, stir constantly till temperature reaches 89F (32C). Your chocolate is now prepared to make use of.
DIPPING THE COOKIES
Let the cookies cool fully earlier than spreading with chocolate, I at all times discover it simpler to first drizzle some chocolate on the cookie with a spoon then unfold the chocolate to cowl with the again of the spoon as a substitute of dipping, add sprinkles if desired. Let the chocolate set for about Quarter-hour earlier than serving.
Can the dough be made forward of time?
The dough may be made and saved wrapped properly in plastic wrap within the fridge. It’s going to maintain for as much as three days within the fridge.The right way to retailer the cookies
The cookies must be saved in an hermetic container, with parchment paper between the layers, and saved within the fridge. They need to final from 5-7 days within the fridge.The right way to freeze the chocolate dipped cookies
If you will be serving the cookies suddenly then I’d freeze them earlier than dipping them in chocolate. Place the fully cooled cookies in a freezer protected container or bag. They are going to maintain for up 2 months within the freezer. In the event you freeze after dipping then freeze them in a freezer container with parchment paper between the layers.Energy: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fats: 4g | Saturated Fats: 3g | Ldl cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 72mg | Potassium: 11mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.4mg
Up to date from January 30, 2018.
