Description
Delicious heart-shaped cookies made with yellow cake mix and decorated with royal icing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 Egg (Large, Room temperature)
- 1/2 cup Butter (Unsalted, Room temperature)
- 1 box Yellow cake mix (15 oz. box)
- 1 cup Royal icing (Or glace icing, For decorating)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add egg and butter and mix until combined.
- Sift the cake mix powder.
- Add this sifted cake mix into the bowl of wet ingredients.
- Mix until just combined. Don’t over mix.
- Cover and chill dough in refrigerator for 1-2 hours so that it’s not sticky and easier to handle. Do not skip this step!
- Remove dough from fridge and divide in half. Work with one portion at a time and keep the other portion chilled in the fridge.
- Roll dough between two sheets of wax paper or parchment paper and use a heart cutter to cut out pieces. Make sure you are leaving enough space between each cookie so that there is enough space for them to expand during baking.
- Remove excess dough from around the shapes.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or until the edges are firm.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely and then, remove them from the tray.
- Decorate with royal icing or glace icing. Enjoy!
Notes
- Chilling the dough is crucial for easier handling.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg