German Heart Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
Icing
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or more as needed
- 1 tablespoon raspberry syrup, or more as needed
Directions
- Step 1
Combine flour, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, white sugar, and eggs in a large bowl and knead into a smooth dough. Shape into a ball. Flatten, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Step 2
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
- Step 3
Dust a work surface with flour and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out hearts with a heart-shaped cookie cutter and arrange cut-out cookies on prepared baking sheets.
- Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets carefully and transfer to wire racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
- Step 5
Mix 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar with as much lemon juice needed to form a thick icing. Cover half of the hearts with the white icing. Mix the remaining 1 cup confectioners’ sugar with raspberry syrup and cover the other half with pink icing. Let cookies stand until icing dries completely, about 2 hours, or up to overnight.