Heart cookies are a classic treat, perfect for Valentine’s Day or any occasion.With their buttery, chewy texture and sweet jam filling, they’re always a hit.These cookies are easy to make, customizable, and make great gifts.

They can be made traditionally or gluten-free.I tried several different methods to make heart-shaped cookies.I experimented with making cut-out sugar cookies using my Almond Flour Sugar Cookies as the base.

I also tried shaping other cookie dough into heart shapes, but the method in today’s recipe proved to be the quickest and easiest option.My Heart-shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies are even quicker than today’s recipe, but then you’re left with a lot of cookie scraps.Which could either be a good thing (because you get to keep all the scraps for yourself!) or a bad thing (because you get to keep all the scraps for yourself!).

But they’re chocolate chip.I wanted something red.So here we are! Please note that this “making hearts in a thumbprint cookie” method doesn’t work with every thumbprint cookie recipe.

I first used the dough from my Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies, and they spread WAY too much.I didn’t even bother trying with my Gluten-free Thumbprints because just by looking at the photos, you can see that they crack around the edges.That’s fine for normal thumbprints, but not cookies where you want them to keep their perfect round shape.

So I’d stick with the recipe below to ensure your hea

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