Chocolate-dipped cookies make a perfect gift for the holidays or Valentine's day. They are easy to make at home. Heart-shaped cookies are cut out from cookie dough made with 5 ingredients. They are baked to perfection and then dipped into melted chocolate and decorated with sprinkles.
Whisk the butter using a hand blender whisk attachment until fluffy.
Add the powdered sugar and continue whisking until sugar is well mixed with the butter and the mixture is light and fluffy.
Add the all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, and salt and mix well to form a soft dough.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Cutting out cookies
Take some dough and roll it to a smooth ball between your palms.
With a rolling pin, roll the dough by placing it between the wax paper to about 5 mm thickness.
Cut out the cookie using a cookie cutter.
Carefully place it on the baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Continue for the remaining dough and cut out cookies following the above steps.
Put the tray with cookies in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
Baking cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 °F with the rack at the middle level.
Remove the tray from the fridge and put it in the oven.
Bake the cookies at 350 °F for about 15 minutes until the sides start browning.
Remove the tray and allow the cookies to cool down completely.
Covering cookies with chocolate
Put water in the instant pot liner.
Turn the saute mode on the normal setting for 10 minutes.
Place a stainless steel or a glass bowl over the instant pot liner.
Put melting chocolate wafers in the bowl and mix them with a spatula until it is melted and smooth.
Turn the saute mode to low (if water starts boiling, then turn off instant pot by pressing cancel).
Dip the cookies in the melted chocolate and coat well. You can cover them partially or fully with chocolate.
Place the chocolate-covered cookie on parchment paper or wax paper for about 15 minutes for drying.
Notes
For best and consistent results weigh the flour and sugar using a food scale (click on the metrics link under the ingredients list for weight in grams)
Do not roll the cookie dough very thin else the cookies will become browner.
You can apply some sprinkles immediately after covering the cookies with chocolate.
Some melting chocolate will not harden at room temperature, you can keep the cookies in the fridge for 10-15 minutes for the chocolate to dry up.
Using a microwave to melt chocolate
Defrost the chocolate chips for 60 seconds in the microwave, mixing every 15 seconds. Mix well until smooth
Dip the cookies in the melted chocolate and coat well. You can cover them partially or fully with chocolate.
Place the chocolate-covered cookies on wax paper or parchment paper for drying. It will dry in 10 - 15 minutes.