January is just slipping away from me- it feels like it was JUST Christmas! {It doesn’t help that I literally just took the tree down last night.} It’s hard to believe that a month from today is Valentine’s Day!
We have a weekend road trip and a very important 2nd birthday coming up in the next few weeks, so I know the next month is just going to fly by. That’s why we’re getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit a little early this year!
I never really cared about Valentine’s Day, but Shane loves it. He takes every chance he gets to tell us he loves us and of course, tries to use it as an excuse for me to bake.
With all the baking we did at Christmas, I think our oven is still recovering- but these awesome Cream Cheese Mint Hearts are a good compromise since we get to have something pretty and sweet without heating up the oven!

Cream Cheese Heart Mints
Ingredients:
3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
3 cups lightly packed powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon mint extract {or other flavor like vanilla, almond, raspberry, etc}
Hot pink food coloring
1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter
Extra powdered sugar
Directions:
1. Use a food processor to pulse the cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar until it reaches a crumble.
2. Add extract and pulse until it becomes a ball of dough.
3. On a non-stick surface coated in powdered sugar, break the dough into 2 even chunks, set one aside.
4. Place a few drops of hot pink food coloring on the dough and knead, adding powdered sugar as needed to prevent sticking, until the color is uniform.
5. Coat a rolling pin in powdered sugar and roll the dough 1/8th inch thick. Use the cookie cutter to cut hearts and use a thin metal spatula to transfer them to a sheet of wax paper. Continue rolling and cutting the dough until there is about 2 tablespoons left.
6. Mix the extra dough into the dough you set aside and knead, adding powdered sugar as needed to until it is a uniform light pink color.
7. Repeat step 5.
8. Allow the heart shaped mints to dry on wax paper for at least 2 hours before serving.

What are your favorite Valentine’s Day treats?

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Cream Cheese Heart Mints
These cute little mints are perfect for after dinner or for dessert!
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
- 3 cups lightly packed powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract {or other flavor like vanilla, almond, raspberry, etc}
- Hot pink food coloring
- 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter
- Extra powdered sugar
Instructions
1. Use a food processor to pulse the cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar until it reaches a crumble.
2. Add extract and pulse until it becomes a ball of dough.
3. On a non-stick surface coated in powdered sugar, break the dough into 2 even chunks, set one aside.
4. Place a few drops of hot pink food coloring on the dough and knead, adding powdered sugar as needed to prevent sticking, until the color is uniform.
5. Coat a rolling pin in powdered sugar and roll the dough 1/8th inch thick. Use the cookie cutter to cut hearts and use a thin metal spatula to transfer them to a sheet of wax paper. Continue rolling and cutting the dough until there is about 2 tablespoons left.
6. Mix the extra dough into the dough you set aside and knead, adding powdered sugar as needed to until it is a uniform light pink color.
7. Repeat step 5.
8. Allow the heart shaped mints to dry on wax paper for at least 2 hours before serving.