Easy Valentine Cookies

These butter shortbread hearts sandwiched with raspberry jam are the perfect Easy Valentine Cookies gift for your loved one.

Rich, buttery shortbread biscuits filled with jam……
That is a jar of love.

Honestly, what would you prefer?

a) A little fluffy teddy bear hugging a red heart with some slushy words written on it
b) Some kind of ill-fitting, slightly dodgy undergarment(s)
c) A jar of lovingly made bite-sized biscuits

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Yes I know what I’d choose too.

I’ve got to admit, Chris and I don’t really do valentines day. He has the classic male reasoning that ‘I’m romantic every day, I don’t need to buy you over-priced tat to prove it’ – and whilst some girls might grumble at that, I totally agree.
I’d be far more impressed if he came home with a bunch of flowers just because he felt like it, like he did when I left work.

In fact this valentines day I’ll be spending most of the day on a knife skills course (the cooking kind, not the ninja kind), and then the rest of it with Chris and the children.

So, whilst we won’t be going out to a posh restaurant for a candle-lit meal for two (or exchanging teddy bears and dodgy undergarments), we probably will be a delicious dinner like my Coq au Riesling, Tuscan Chicken or Duck Confit with Roasted Rhubarb followed by Rose and Chocolate Valentines Palmiers or Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts (yes you can have this for breakfast or desert in my eyes) then sat cuddled up on the sofa enjoying a few more of these biscuits with a cocktail (or two)!

Easy Valentine Cookies Recipe:

Easy Valentine Cookies

Easy valentine cookies - Buttery shortbread hearts sandwiched with raspberry jam. A gift you'll want to keep to yourself!

Print Rate

Prep Time: 50 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Course: Snacks

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Date Night, Valentines Day

Servings: 40 cookies

Author: Nicky @ Kitchensanctuary.com

Ingredients

• 200 g unsalted butter softened
• 95 g golden caster sugar
• 200 g plain/all-purpose flour
• 95 g rice flour white or brown rice flour is fine
• pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp confectioners/powdered sugar
• 4 heaped tbsp raspberry jam

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Instructions

• Using a stand mixer, or by hand, mix the butter and sugar until well incorporated. Add the two flours and the salt, and mix again until just incorporated (don't over mix as it will affect the outcome of your cookies - making them tough).
• Scoop out the dough and squash it together into a big ball in your hands. Place it onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to approx. 6mm thick. The dough is quite delicate and will try to crumble in places. Just push it back together if it crumbles.
• Using a small (3cm across at the widest point) heart shaped cutter, cut out as many little hearts as you can, and place them on 3 metal baking trays. You should get at least 80 single cookies. You'll find the cookie cutter won't stick if you dip it in flour before you cut. The biscuits can be fairly close together on the tray, but not touching. You can re-role the dough to cut more hearts, but don't keep re-rolling over and over, or you'll end up with tough cookies.
• Cover each of your trays of cookie hearts with clingfilm/plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 30 mins (up to overnight). The chilling will develop the flavour of the shortbread, and will keep the heart shape more 'sharp'.
• When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 180c/350f. Take the biscuits out of the fridge and take off the clingfilm. Sift the icing sugar over the cookies, and cook in the oven for 8-10 minutes, until the edges start to turn slightly golden. You may need to cook the trays on the lower shelves for a minute or two longer.
• Take out of the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes, then remove from the tray with a palette knife and place on a plate or cooling rack.
• Once cool, sandwich two cookies together with 1/4 tsp raspberry jam. repeat with the remaining biscuits.
• Carefully place the biscuits in 2 mason or jam jars and tie a ribbon around the lid if giving as a gift.

Recipe Notes

These cookies are best eaten within 24 hours. They'll start to lose their crispness after that (but still taste great for a couple of days).

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Nutritional Information

Nutrition Facts

Easy Valentine Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 72 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 10mg 3%

Sodium 35mg 1%

Potassium 8mg 0%

Total Carbohydrates 8g 3%

Sugars 2g

Vitamin A 2.5%

Calcium 0.2%

Iron 1.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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