The Best Valentine’s Day Cookies
These adorable Valentine’s Day Cookies, sandwiched with sweet raspberry jam are the perfect treat for a loved one and are fantastic for gifting.
Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, these buttery sugar cookies are simply irresistible. The combination of the melt-in-your-mouth cookie, tart raspberry jam and a drizzle of white chocolate is pure heaven. They’re the perfect dessert or gift for anyone special in your life.
Ingredients you’ll need
- Butter: I always use salted butter in baking, but unsalted butter works too.
- Sugar: Granulated or caster sugar.
- Egg.
- Vanilla extract.
- Flour: All purpose flour.
- Cornstarch: the secret to crispy edges and tender cookies.
- Salt.
- Raspberry jam. Strawberry jam is a great alternative.
- White chocolate (optional).
Tips for Perfect Valentine’s Day Cookies
- Room temperature butter: Crucial! Creaming together the softened butter and sugar creates a light and fluffy base.
- Flavor variations: I love classic vanilla but play around with flavorings like almond extract, etc. for a twist.
- Don’t skip the cornstarch! It’s the key to the perfect texture.
- Rolling the dough: Roll the dough out in between two sheets of parchment paper before chilling. Much easier!
- Chill before baking: Chill the cut-out heart cookies before baking to ensure they retain their shape.
- Cool completely: Allow the cookies to cool completely before sandwiching with the raspberry jam.
Storing your Valentine’s Cookies
- Dough: The cookie dough can be made and refrigerated for up to 5 days in a sealed container or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Baked cookies: Store baked cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Sandwiched cookies: Once filled with the raspberry jam, I would recommend storing them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Packaging Valentine’s Day Cookies for Gifts
These cookies make an adorable gift (for everyone from loved ones to teachers). Use small cardboard boxes, line wit a piece of parchment paper and arrange the cookies inside. Decorate with red ribbon and a gift tag for a personal touch.
More Valentine’s Ideas
Cooking a delicious dinner together is a wonderful way to spend Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re making steak for two or a luscious seafood paella, these recipes are guaranteed to impress n Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (225g) butter room temperature
- 1 cup (200g) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups (375g) flour
- ⅓ cup (45g) cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup raspberry jam
- melted white chocolate to drizzle (optional)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Add the egg and vanilla and beat for another minute.
- Mix together the flour, cornstarch and salt then add to the butter mixture in two batches, mixing well after each addition. Remember to scrape the bowl down with a spatula to ensure the ingredients are evenly incorporated into the dough.
- Tip the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper then cover with another piece of parchment paper and roll into a rectangle using a rolling pin, approximately ⅛-inch (½cm) thick.
- Place in the refrigerator and allow to chill for 30 minutes.
- Once the dough has firmed up, use a heart-shaped cookie cutter and cut out cookies. Push the off-cuts back together before rolling out to get more cookies out of each batch. For a cute effect, I used a smaller cookie cutter to cut hearts out of the centers of half of the cookies for a peekaboo effect. This is optional.
- Place the cookies on 1-2 baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them out slightly and refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely then add a teaspoon of jam to half of the cookies and sandwich with the remaining cookies.