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Heart-shaped Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookies with pastel icing and "Baked Bree" lettering.

Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookies

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 24 pieces (depending on the size of your cutter)
Calories 116 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks cold butter
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 vanilla bean seeded

Glaze

  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • 1 drop lemon juice
  • 1/2 teapoon almond extract
  • 1 Tablespoon light corn syrup
  • food coloring

Instructions
 

  • Cream together the sugar and cold butter. I know that usually I say room temperature butter, but trust me here, you want cold butter.
    Cream and butter in a stand mixer for baking recipes.
  • Add the egg, extracts, and vanilla bean seeds. See the pretty black specks?
    Adding the egg, extracts, and vanilla bean seeds to the mixer for Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookies.
  • Add the flour and baking powder. Mix until just combined. Make sure that you scrape the bowl.
    Creamy butter and flour mixture in a stand mixer for baking recipes.
  • Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. The dough is going to be crumbly, so knead it together.
    Buttery homemade cookie dough ball on a floured surface.
  • Roll the dough out and cut out into shapes. Put the shapes on a parchment lined baking sheet and put in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes.
    Cutting heart shapes from rolled-out Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookie dough with a fluted cookie cutter.
  • Bake the cookies in a 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool completely before icing.
    Cutting vanilla bean almond sugar cookie dough into heart shapes on a baking sheet.
  • Make the glaze. Whisk all ingredients together.
    Whisking ingredients for the vanilla bean almond sugar cookie glaze.
  • I outline the shape that I want to make and then flood the icing to fill it.
    Flooding a heart-shaped Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookie with light blue icing.
  • Let the cookies dry overnight. I know that you are going to be tempted to not do this step, they will look dry, but they will not be. I have ruined a few cookies in my day by not being patient. And hungry.
    Heart-shaped Vanilla Bean Almond Sugar Cookies with pink, light blue, and cream icing.

Nutrition

Calories: 116kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 2gFat: 0.5gSaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 40mgFiber: 0.4g
Keyword almond sugar cookies, cut-out cookies, easy sugar cookies, Holiday cookies, kid-friendly baking, no-chill sugar cookies, royal icing cookies, vanilla bean sugar cookies
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