Valentines Sweethearts

These are really easy to do and quick to put together.  It’s amazing how you forget that good old jam is sooo tasty!

Try them and create a little romance in your house tomorrow!!

Ingredients   

100g  sugar

50g butter

1 small egg

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon Goodalls vanilla extract

135g plain flour

1 teaspoons baking powder

Pinch of salt

2 heart cookie cutters of different sizes

To decorate

Raspberry jam

Early in the day or the day before:

In a large bowl cream the butter and the sugar. Add the eggs, extract, and milk.  In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients with a wire whisk. Add the dry ingredients to the large bowl. Mix with mixer until well combined. With hands, shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 200degrees C. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll half or 1/3 dough at a time, keep the rest refrigerated. For crisp cookies, roll dough, paper thin. For softer cookies, roll 1/8 ” to 1/4″ thick. With floured cookie cutter, cut into shapes. Re-roll trimmings and cut.  Once you have made several of the large hear cookies them make another batch and using the smaller heart cookie cutter cut a heart shape in the middle to create your window for the jam later.

Place cookies 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheets.  Bake 8 minutes or until very light brown. With a spatula, remove cookies to racks; cool..

When the cookies are cool you can spread approximately a teaspoon of jam on the middle of the full heart cookies and place the window on top.  press down firmly and repeat until all your sweethearts are made.

Enjoy!!

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About Margaret Smith

Hi, I'm Margaret Smith and I run a small cookery school based in Ballincollig, Cork in Ireland with the aim of helping people to enjoy cooking and to produce great food with the least amount of effort and the maximum amount of impact. I use readily available ingredients, easy to follow recipes and I am personally at the end of the phone if you run into trouble! I teach a wide variety of adult classes but also teach kids and teens. I am also introducing some fab guest chefs to my lineup with exciting new classes! Check out my website on www.umnumnum.ie You can contact me by email margaret@umnumnum.ie or by phone on 087-7953171