I “Heart” Valentine’s Day Jell-O Cookies

By á-160091

These colorful heart shaped, soft and chewyJell-O Cookies are the perfect treat for Valentine's day! You and your loved ones will be very happy you baked them. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup Jell-O powder, your choice of flavor
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon baking emulsion
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Gel paste icing coloring to boost the cookie color

Details

Servings 40
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from justhelen.net

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, granulated sugar and Jell-O. If the color looks weak, add a few drops of color at a time until you reach the desired color. Add eggs and lemon baking emulsion to the mixture, cream well. Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well.

The dough will be fairly soft, but not sticky. To make these heart cut-outs, it is best if you refrigerate the dough before cutting, several hours or overnight if you don’t like to wait.

Pre-heat oven to 400°F.

Depending on the size of your cookie cutter, you may need to experiment a little with the size of the dough balls because you want them to be a little bigger than the heart cookie cutter you will use.

Roll the cookie dough ball in a bowl with about 1/2 cup of granulated sugar in it, completely covering the exterior of the dough ball. Place on the pan about 3″ apart. Using a flat-bottomed glass (or bowl) press the dough to about a 3/8″ thickness. Cut the heart out and then remove the excess dough from around the outer edge of the cutter and put back into the bowl of dough. If any excess dough remains at the bottom of the cutter or on the cookie sheet, wipe it clean with a paper towel before removing the cutter.

Generously sprinkle the top with colored, chunky sugar. Mine all matched the different colors of dough, but you could contrast the colors if you like. Bake at 400°F. for 6 minutes, no longer! Remove from oven and let cool on a cookie rack.

Note:

It takes about an hour, start to finish, for one batch. You can make all four batches of dough, chill them overnight and then bake in the morning. Four colors/flavors = four batches. Store in a air-tight container. These stay moist and chewy for days!