Rainbow Heart Cookies: the easy recipe for love-inspired cookies

Get ready for date night with these love-inspired cookies. The recipe for these Rainbow Heart Cookies is easy, but takes a little time—but it will definitely impress a special loved one. The hearts are made with basic rainbow-colored cookie dough, and then finally covered with sprinkles. They’re almost too fun to eat, but they’re not just good to look at, they’re yummy too!

If you’re looking for something different to make for a snack after a romantic dinner or a sweet gift on Valentine’s Day, then look no further! These delicious cookies are like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! Say “I love you” in a special way!

Tips

You can use a boxed sugar cookie mix too if you’re short on ingredients.

To make a chocolate version, use the vanilla sugar cookie dough to create colors, then fill up with a chocolate cookie dough. Roll in chocolate sprinkles.

Make sure the butter is at room temperature, then it will whisk easily.

It’s essential to freeze or refrigerate the dough while working with it, otherwise it will become very sticky. It’s also necessary to maintain the heart shape.

How To Store Rainbow Heart Cookies

Store the cookies in an airtight container to keep them crispy.

How To Make Rainbow Heart Cookies

Beat the butter and vanilla together until smooth and creamy.

Mix in confectioners' sugar. Stir in vanilla, salt, and egg yolks.

Fold in cake flour and beat until a dough forms.

Transfer to a clean working surface and knead until the dough is smooth. Divide the dough into portions of equal size.

Add a small drop of food coloring to each ball of dough.

Mix to make rainbow-colored dough.

Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the freezer.

Roll out the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet cookie dough (keep it in the plastic wrap). The thickness of each cookie dough sheet should be adjusted to the size of your cookie cutter. Place in the freezer again.

Pile up six rainbow sheets brushing egg wash between the sheets. Allow it to set in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Slice the rainbow sheet. The width should be smaller than the height of your cookie cutter.

Turn each rainbow cookie dough brick, so that you can see the rainbow layers. And make rainbow hearts with a heart cookie cutter. And let set in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Pile up the rainbow hearts applying egg wash as glue between the hearts. And freeze for 1 hour.

Now carefully cover the rainbow heart cookie roll with small pieces of vanilla dough and make a cylinder. And let set in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Brush the dough with egg wash and roll in the bed of rainbow sprinkles.

Slice the dough and let set in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then bake for 10-11 minutes at 335°F (170°C) or until light brown. The well-baked cookies should taste like delicious French sable cookies since I used the same ingredients with my other sable cookies. Let cool on the pan for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack and completely cool.

Notes

The gel food coloring will work better and produce more vivid colors.