How to Make Rustic Speckled Heart Cookies
If cookies were a comfortable sweater, these would be my favorite sweater of all. Heart shaped cookies with simple icing roses are probably my signature design. If I ever don’t know what to make, this is where I always end up. They’re simple, striking, and are finished in five easy steps.
The world probably doesn’t need another post explaining how I made these cookies, but since I was taking pictures anyway, here they are. To make these cookies you will need:
Supplies
- Heart cookie cutter (I used one from this shop but any heart cutter will do)
- Disposable decorating bags
- Couplers
- Icing bag ties
- Icing tips PME #1.5, #2, and #65
- Icing bottles
Icing
- Speckled cream-colored piping and flood icing (for instructions on creating speckled icing, click here)
- A small amount of deep rose piping and flood icing
- A small amount of soft rose piping and flood icing
- A small amount of butter yellow piping and flood icing
- A small amount of natural green piping icing
Tip: Make the rose colors match with this simple tip for making perfectly coordinated color palettes.
Step 1: Outline the heart with a #2 tip and flood.
Step 2: I like to add details just as the base layer is beginning to crust because it seems to reduce cratering, but if you struggle with bleeding, wait until the the flood icing is complely dry before adding three dots of icing as pictured below. Be sure to give them enough space to spread without running together, but also try not to leave too much space in between.
Step 3: Once the dots have set, carefully add leaves with a #65 tip.
Step 4: Finish up by using a #1.5 tip to add swirls to each rose.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you have a reason to make these very soon. They’d also be great for weddings!
For more ideas and inspiration, be sure to check out the following posts:
These are so cute! One question….what flavor is the cookie dough? Thanks!
Hi Ashley!
This is my gingerbread recipe. Here’s the link: https://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2010/12/its-gingerbread-time/
What cookie dough did you use?
It’s my gingerbread recipe. Here’s the link! https://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2010/12/its-gingerbread-time/
Thank you! I was hoping you’d share how you made them–I know you said they’re easy but for newbies, the more details from you, the better!!! I love these cookies!
Isn’t it awesome to see the Sugarbelle’s bags used by its creator? Thabks for takingg always the time for new post and tutorials, us ( your Fans) will always appreciate it. 😉
These are gorgeous. What brand are the icing colors? Deep rose, soft rose, natural green and butter yellow?
These are almost all Americolor. The darkest pink is equal parts terra-cotta and mauve, the lighter pink is the same, I just mixed some of the darker pink into white icing. The yellow is egg yellow plus gold, and the green is avocado and egg yellow.
So cute… I watched you on Texas Country Reporter…. your cookies are amazing…
Hi very nice
So the vanilla has sparkles on it? Or how do you get the sparkles on the icing. I know the vanilla get a good flavor and the white icing loos color. But how you get the sparkles.
Oh My! This is just what I was looking. Elegant and sweet. Thanks so much for sharing how you made them.