I am really stretching myself today to share this video from the past.
Several years ago I wrote an ebook called Baking for Profit. I also produced my very first traumatizing (for me that is) video on youtube. If you would like to see how I decorate a Valentine Heart Cookie or learn about my Baking for Profit book check out the video below. Through the years I have made hundreds of these cookies if not thousands. You can find the recipe below the video.
You can probably use any Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. Below you will find the recipe that I have used for many years.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks or 1 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla and almond (if desired) I love it!
2 eggs
12 oz. chocolate chips
Directions:
Beat the softened margarine with brown sugar and white granulated sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat again. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add the flour, soda, and salt. Beat together. When mixed well add chocolate chips. For party cookies, I spread about 1/2 inch or a little more in my cake pans which have been sprayed with cooking spray. If I am baking a lot of these to sell I weigh the pan and the dough as I fill it. ** I write it down so that all of them will come out the same OR if you just want to remember how much dough you would put in each pan. I want these to come out about 1 inch thick. I never weigh these unless I am baking them to sell. I usually bake until the top is springy and the cookie has pulled slightly away from the sides. It will depend on your oven. I start checking the larger ones at about 30 minutes. It will be a beautiful golden brown, not too dark though. I can tell now by the smell when they are just about ready. With a little practice you will be able to do this. When you take this out of the oven you run a table knife around the edge and let cool for a few minutes. Turn this out on a wire rack to finish cooling. For the really large ones I use two racks one to hold on the front of the pan while I flip it out and one rack to flip the bottom side of the cookie onto to cool. This prevents breakage.
Variation:
You can also bake these in a round pan or 13X9 pan.
Use a small scoop and drop them on a cookie sheet for individual cookies, bake until done.
HINTS:
** I have found that even the same size Wilton pans may vary in weight so I do not give you the weights.
For the large party cookies make sure that you coat your baking pan with cooking spray or shortening.
I usually double the recipe to make my largest heart cookie. I make one small heart and my large heart from a double batch.
For the heart cookies I have 4 sizes of Wilton’s heart cookie pans. 6,9,12,14 inch pans. I have used the same pans for many many years. You may use any size you wish just put about 1/2 in the pan (not more than half full because it will rise and be too thick).
To Decorate the Cookie:
I make a buttercream frosting. I usually do my message in green. I write the message first (It’s easier if you do it first and then I use an open star tip and make a border around the cookie. Make a rose or purchase roses and add to your cookie. Add a few green leaves and you are finished. Or omit the roses if you wish.
