These Peanut Butter Chocolate Heart Cookies are made using two different types of dough and are so much to bake and share. My son’s preschool teacher just begs me make them for the Holiday parties every year!

If you are really a chocolate or peanut butter fan you can add a lite cream flavored frosting to really make the taste pop.  We hope you love this Valentine Cookie Recipe as much as we do~.

Chocolate Cookie Dough:

* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 2 oz chocolate, melted and cooled
* 2 1/4 cups plain flour
* 2 tbsp cocoa powder
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/4 tsp salt

Peanut butter Cookie dough:

* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup smooth peanut butter
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 egg
* 3 tbsp milk
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 2 cups plain flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/4 tsp salt

Mix chocolate dough: 1. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla extract and melted chocolate. 2. In another bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. 3. Add flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and beat until combined. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Mix peanut butter dough: 1. Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla extract. 2. In another bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. 3. Add flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture and beat until combined. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Assembling: 1. Roll out doughs to about 1/2 inch thick and use a large cookie cutter to cut the large shapes. 2. Use a smaller cookie cutter to remove the centers and switch them, creating a two-toned effect. 3. Bake at 350F for 12-13mins, until the edges of the peanut butter cookies are golden brown.

These are the most awesome Valentine Cookies I have ever tried and the butter icing makes them sinfully deliciously. Make them extra unique by writing out your words of love on them, make fun designs, or just sprinkle some sugary crystals or sprinkles on top. Just a note that these are not super sugar-y like standard sugar cookies but make perfect cookies for frosting.

Valentine Cookies Ingredients

* 7 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 cups white sugar
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 1/2 cups shortening
* 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 cup milk
* 3 eggs

Butter Icing for Valentine Cookies

1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk
3 drops red food coloring
sugar decorations or sprinkles if desired

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Slowly beat in shortening. Once the shortening is well blended, stir vanilla extract, milk, and then eggs into the dough.
Roll out dough onto a floured surface, using a floured rolling pin. Roll the dough thick. Cut out cookies with cookie cutter and arrange them on a baking sheet sheet.
3. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes, or just until bottom is golden. You want the cookies soft and chewy not crispy.
4. Once cookies are cooled frost with butter icing and add sprinkles, candies, or other fun treats!

Keep the cookies in an air tight container and they will last about 5 days. The cookie recipe makes about 40-48 cookies depending on size and you can adjust the frosting amount as needed.