How to Make the Best Grinch Heart Sugar Cookies Ever!
The Grinch is one of the most famous Christmas movies, and what better way to celebrate a family holiday movie night than with some yummy cookies? These Grinch Heart Sugar Cookies are quick and easy to make, but they’re sure to put a smile on your face. All you need is a few simple ingredients!
These simple sugar cookies are easy enough for your kids to help make them! They would be perfect as a Christmas activity for kids too! Just have all the ready to assemble ingredients and let the kids have at it!
And if you’re having a Christmas movie night and watching the Grinch you definitely need to serve these sugar cookies that feature the Grinch’s heart!
The Grinch is one of our family’s favorite Christmas movies! There’s so many great lessons to share with your kids in this movie and it’s one that we like to watch every year.
You might want to talk about these lessons with your kids after watching the movie – why not nibble on these Grinch Sugar Cookies while you talk!
Grinch Heart Sugar Cookies
Here’s what you’ll need to make this recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 bag Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 16 oz Cream Cheese Frosting
- Red Sprinkles
- ¼ cup sugar
- Green Food Coloring
- ¼ cup flour
Tools:
- mixing bowls
- rolling pin
- 2 inch circle cookie cutter
- small heart cookie cutter
- parchment paper
- baking sheet
- hand mixer
How to Make Grinch Heart Sugar Cookies
Step #1: Pour the Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Mix into a mixing bowl and add softened butter and egg. Add 2 – 4 drops food coloring. Using a hand mixer, mix cookie dough until well combined.
Step #2: Press cookie dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill for about 1 hour.
Step #3: When dough is ready, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step #4: Add 3 drops of green food coloring to ¼ cup sugar and stir to combine. You may want to press the sugar through a mesh strainer to get a nice consistent color.
Step #5: Sprinkle a bit of flour out on your clean work surface. Place cookie dough on top of flour. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough about ¼ inch thick.
Step #6: Use a 2 inch round cookie cutter to cut cookies out.
Step #7: Place cookies on a baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake cookies for about 7 – 8 minutes. You don’t want the edges to get brown or they won’t be as pretty. Watch the cookies carefully.
Step #8: Remove cookies from oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Use a heart cookie cutter to cut a heart out of the center of HALF the cookies.
Step #9: Allow cookies to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
Step #10: Meanwhile, add 2 – 4 drops of food coloring to 8 oz. of the cream cheese frosting. Stir to combine and mix well. I forgot to take pictures of this!!
Step #11: When cookies have cooled, spread a layer of frosting on the bottom of one cookie (without the heart cut out).
Step #12: Top a heart cookie on top so that the frosting peeks through the heart shape cut out.
Step #13: Fill the heart with red sprinkles, pressing the sprinkles gently into the frosting.
Step #14: Store cookies in an air-tight container. Enjoy!
Grinch Heart Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 bag Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 16 oz Cream Cheese Frosting
- Red Sprinkles
- ¼ cup sugar
- Green Food Coloring
- ¼ cup flour
Instructions
1. Pour the Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Mix into a mixing bowl and add softened butter and egg. Add 2 - 4 drops food coloring. Using a hand mixer, mix cookie dough until well combined.
2. Press cookie dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill for about 1 hour.
3. When dough is ready, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a backing sheet with parchment paper.
4. Add 3 drops of green food coloring to ¼ cup sugar and stir to combine. You may want to press the sugar through a mesh strainer to get a nice consistent color.
5. Sprinkle a bit of flour out on your clean work surface. Place cookie dough on top of flour. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough about ¼ inch thick.
6. Use a 2 inch round cookie cutter to cut cookies out. Place cookies on baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake cookies for about 7 - 8 minutes. You don’t want the edges to get brown or they won’t be as pretty. Watch the cookies carefully.
7. Remove cookies from oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Use a heart cookie cutter to cut a heart out of the center of HALF the cookies.
8. Allow cookies to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
9. Meanwhile, add 2 - 4 drops of food coloring to 8 oz. of the cream cheese frosting. Stir to combine and mix well.
10. When cookies have cooled, spread a layer of frosting on the bottom of one cookie (without the heart cut out).
11. Top a heart cookie on top so that the frosting peeks through the heart shape cut out.
12. Fill the heart with red sprinkles, pressing the sprinkles gently into the frosting.
Store cookies in an air-tight container.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 270Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 148mgCarbohydrates: 34gFiber: 0gSugar: 29gProtein: 1g
What you need for a successful cookie baking experience!
Baking Christmas cookies should be fun and create good memories your family will remember for years to come.
Make sure to have everything you need before starting:
- Preheat oven and get baking sheets ready.
- Have all the ingredients measured out and at hand so nothing is forgotten or left out.
- Mixing bowls, spoons, spatula etc. should be easily accessible as well! And don’t forget your oven mitts.
- Make sure to have a cooling rack to allow the cookies to cool after baking.
Last but not least, make sure you enjoy yourself during this whole process! It should be something everyone looks forward to doing together as a family or with friends.
Tips and tricks from someone who has been there, done that!
Be sure to let your dough chill for the suggested time. It will make it easier to work with and won’t spread out as much during baking!
Lessons
Lessons We Can Learn from the Grinch Movie
- Be grateful for what you have.
- You don’t need to be rich and have lots of things to be happy.
- It’s not the size of your house that matters, but the people you share it with that’s most important.
- The true meaning of Christmas is love and giving back to others.
- Don’t judge people based on their appearance – everyone has a story.
- Sometimes change is good for us, even when we think it will be bad at first.
- Don’t take things for granted – they may one day disappear before you even realize it.
- Show compassion to people – even when they look or act differently.
How to Serve Your Homemade Cookies
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Gold Cookie Boxes with Window for Treats and Pastries
The sturdy and durable design with grease proofing and water-resistant properties allows you to package, store or transport any food item ranging from bakery desserts to homemade cookies.
This recipe is perfect for a fun Christmas movie night or Christmas party. And it’s easy enough that kids can help put them together!
If you make the Grinch Heart Cookies, be sure to share your photos with us on social media using #grinchheartcookies and I’ll share your post. Thanks again for reading! I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
