Funfetti Cookies (Valentine version) from Butternut Bakery

Valentine-ized Funfetti Cookies - made dough January 23, 2023, modified from Butternut Bakery 

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 large egg

2/3 cup sprinkles

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together melted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar on medium high speed until well combined, light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and egg, mixing until just combined.
3. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, scraping down the bottom and sides of bowl to keep mixture even textured. Add sprinkles and mix on low to evenly disperse sprinkles.
4. Scoop into 1-2 tablespoon dough balls. Cover and chill or freeze for several hours.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Evenly space dough balls and bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden and middles are no longer raw. Remove from oven and gently place heart-shaped chocolate candy in the center of each cookie. Let rest on aking sheets for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Good news/bad news on these cookies. Bad news first: the white chocolate hearts are Hershey brand for Valentine's Day and were billed as strawberry cream white chocolate hearts. Pretty, right? I did the usual thing of pressing them into the center of the cookies as soon as the cookies came out of the oven.


Now, white chocolate has a lower melting point than even milk chocolate so I expected these would melt into the cookie and would be fragile until they cooled enough to harden again. Except they didn't soften. At all. Which means they're probably waxy more than chocolatey. Ugh. I didn't taste them but I did package them up for mailing. Hopefully the recipients will either not mind or find the chocolate hearts edible enough or (what I would do) will ditch the hearts and just eat the cookies.





The good news is actually excellent news that this cookie was freaking delicious. As in, I'd ditch both the hearts and sprinkles and make the cookies plain. They were that good. Almost like chipless chocolate chip cookies but better. Brown sugar flavor, chewy goodness all around.








They look pretty (and seasonal) but taste even better.