Valentine's Cinnamon Heart Shortbread Pan Cookies

Dotted with cinnamon heart candies and infused with cinnamon oil, these shortbread pan cookies are a quick and easy Valentine's Day treat.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 196 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar
• 5 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• 2 ½ cups butter
• 1 cup heart-shaped cinnamon candies, chopped finely
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.

Step 2

Beat butter in a large bowl with and electric mixer until fluffy. Add confectioner's sugar, cinnamon hearts, vanilla extract, cinnamon oil, baking soda, and baking powder; stir using a wooden spoon. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing by hand until dough sticks together.

Step 3

Push dough onto the prepared pan, flattening the corners to make an even layer.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until corners start to turn a light brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes; lift shortbread out of the pan by holding onto the parchment paper. Cut into 2-inch squares.