Valentine Sugar Cookies | A Sweet Treat

Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies

¼ cup old fashioned oats, ground

½ cup whole wheat flour

½ cup white all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp corn starch

1/8 tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder

½ cup of sugar

2 Tbsp light butter

1 egg, at room temperature

1 tsp pumpkin spice extract

Add the first six ingredients to a bowl, mix well

In a separate bowl, mix butter, egg and pumpkin spice extract

Mix in the sugar, a little at a time, into the wet ingredients until dissolved

Mix wet ingredients into dry

Kneed dough with hands, roll dough out to about ¼ inch in thickness

Bake at 350F for 12 minutes

Makes 15 heart cookies

Strawberry syrup

½ cup of water 1 Tbsp honey

1 cup strawberries

Add all ingredients to a small sauce pan. Cook on medium-high heat for the first 10 minutes. Cook for an additional 10 minutes on low heat until strawberries have softened and the syrup has thickened.

Drizzle over heart shaped sugar cookies and enjoy!

Happy Valentine’s Day!