Recipe: Valentine’s Day Cookies

• Features, Food & Drink, Recipes
• 10th January 2024
• Cumbria Guide

Valentine’s Day Cookies

Serves: 2 dz
Preparation time: 30 mins
Total: 1h 40 mins

Ingredients for the cookies

• 375g plain flour, plus more for surface
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 200g butter, softened
• 200g caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp. milk

Ingredients for the butter cream

• 225g cream cheese, softened
• 110g butter, softened
• 500g icing sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• Pink and red food colouring
• Sprinkles
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp. milk

Method:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy and pale in colour. Add egg, milk, and vanilla and beat until combined, then add flour mixture gradually until totally combined.
2. Shape into a disk and wrap in cling film. Refrigerate 1 hour.
3. When ready to roll, preheat oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan) and line two baking trays with parchment paper. Lightly flour a clean work surface and roll out dough until 1/2-cm thick. Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies and transfer to prepared baking sheets.
4. Bake until edges are lightly golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Make frosting: In a large bow using a hand mixer, beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add icing sugar, vanilla, and salt and beat until combined.
6. Divide frosting into 3 bowls. Add pink food colouring to one bowl and red food colouring to another. Stir each bowl and add more food colouring until desired colour is reached. Frost cookies using an offset spatula with each colour of frosting, then top with sprinkles.

Recipe courtesy www.delish.com

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