The Best Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies

4.70 from 13 votes

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are taken over the the top with a delicious and easy strawberry buttercream frosting.

Prep Time3

Cook Time1

Total Time4

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 353kcal

In a mixing bowl beat butter or margarine and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla extract and baking powder. Beat in flour gradually, until completely combined. Divide dough in half, wrap each half in saran wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours {and up to 3 days} or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface roll dough to about 1/4" thickness. Using a cookie cutter of choice, cut shapes out and place on a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 9-10 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Combine the butter and powdered sugar in a medium bowl with a hand held mixer. The two ingredients will not totally combine but the butter will break down into smaller pieces. Once that happens add the strawberry jam and continue to mix. It will take 30 seconds to a minute for the mixture to come together into a spreadable buttercream. Add enough milk or cream to make the buttercream piping consistency. Add the mixture to a piping bag or Ziploc bag.
Take each heart shaped sugar cookie and pipe the outline. Then go back and using a zigzag motion, fill in the middle of each cookie. Add a few sprinkles to each cookie and let them sit at room temperature until the butter cream is set up. Cookies are awesome at room temperature for up to 5 days.
These heart shaped sugar cookies also freeze well unfrosted for 3 months.

Use full fat cream cheese.
Make sure the butter and cream cheese are softened.
Don't skip chilling the cookie dough. Chilling the dough will allow you to roll and cut the dough much easier.
Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting. If you try to frost the heart shaped cookies while they are warm the buttercream will melt.
Add a drop of pink food coloring to the frosting to get a deep pink color.
Use a different flavor of jam for the buttercream. If you prefer raspberry or cherry jam add it to the buttercream instead.