These vegan heart shaped sugar cookies make the perfect Valentine's Day gift and craft! Easy to make with simple ingredients, they are the perfect Valentine's Day kids project! Kids can decorate and then give as Valentine's Day gifts!
Set your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
In a stand mixer or using a bowl and hand mixer combine your vegan butter and icing sugar. Whip until smooth.
Add in your cream and vanilla extract and whip again to combine.
Sprinkle on top your flour, cornstarch, and salt. Mix until just combined.
Roll your dough out between two silicone baking mats or parchment paper. This saves you a ton of mess, and doesn't add any extra flour to the dough for rolling.
Keep your dough at least 1/4 inch thick.
Cut heart shapes into the dough, making sure they are spaced evenly apart.
We will be removing the excess dough from AROUND the cut cookies, instead of transferring the cut shapes to another baking mat. This dough is quite soft and to avoid ruining the shapes you cut it's easier to remove the excess.
Bake your cookies for 12-15 minutes in the pre-heated oven. The cookies do not need to "brown" to be done.
Allow them to rest for 2 minutes on the baking tray before transferring to a cooling rack.
Allow your cookies to fully cool before moving on to the glaze.
Combine the icing sugar and cinnamon in a shallow, wide bowl.
Add in your maple syrup, vanilla and cream/milk. stir to combine.
Your glaze should be thin enough to easily coat your cookie, but not so runny that it only leave a very thin coat. experiment with the back of a spoon. If too thick, add a 1/4 tsp milk or water at a time until you reach the proper consistency. Too thick? Add in another tbsp of icing sugar until you get it right!
Once your cookies have fully cooled, go ahead and dip them one by one into the glaze.
I hold mine above the bowl for a second or two to allow excess glaze to drip back into the bowl. Once you lay them flat the glaze will smooth out nicely.
PRO TIP: Place your glazed cookies on your cooling rack with a paper towel lined baking tray beneath it. This makes for prettier cookies and fast and easy clean up!
Decorate with sprinkles, dusted cinnamon, or drizzled chocolate. Work quickly as this glaze tends to set fast. If you find the sprinkles are not sticking, lightly press into the glazed cookies.