Why buy a Valentine’s Day gift for her, when you make something easy and delicious with Valentine’s Day recipes. Freshly baked Valentine’s Day cookies is a great Valentine’s Day gift for her. Prepare Valentine’s Day cookies for her with these simple recipes that will surely impress. Just package them and wrap them up with a little creativity to make them extra special.
5 Recipes for Valentine’s Day Cookies
Valentine’s Heart Macaroons Recipe
Ingredients:
- 60 g egg whites, room temperature
- 65 g granulated sugar
- 75 g almond powder
- 55 g powdered sugar
- Fuschia color gel
- Vanilla buttercream
Directions
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a food processor, process the almond powder and icing sugar until it begins to clump. Sift and discard the solids.
Whip the egg whites to form a consistency, like a loose foam. Gradually add sugar and continue whipping until it forms a stiff meringue. Fold in the sugar mixture and add color to it.
Pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a #2A tip. Pipe heart shape macaroons onto the baking sheet. After you have piped all the macaroons, whack the baking sheet on the counter to get rid of bubbles. Let them dry at room temperature for one hour.
Bake them at 300°F for 10 to 20 minutes. Pipe the buttercream between two macaroons and press together. Ready to pack.
Easy Valentine’s Day Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- White melting chocolate
- Wafer cookies
- Valentine’s Day sprinkles
Directions
Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. Melt the chocolate in microwave. Once it melts dip half of the wafer in the melted chocolate. Garnish with the desired sprinkles before the chocolate dries out. Place on the baking sheet to dry.
Heart Cookie Pops Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 log sugar cookie dough
- 12 popsicle sticks
- Assorted candy melts, for drizzling
- Melted white chocolate, for drizzling
Directions
Line a baking sheet with parchment. and preheat oven to 350°F.
Put the cookie dough on a clean surface and cut out heart shapes. Stick a popsicle and bake until lightly golden, 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool. Drizzle with melted candy melts and white chocolate.
Red Velvet Skillet Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup mini white chocolate chips, plus more for sprinkling
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate, plus more for sprinkling
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional)
- Chocolate syrup, for serving (optional)
Directions
Spray cooking spray on a 10-inch cast iron skillet. and preheat oven to 350°F. Beat together cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg.
Add baking soda, flour, cocoa powder, food coloring, and salt. Stir to combine and add in chocolate chips. Spread the dough into a skillet and top with some more chocolate chips. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with ice cream if desired and chocolate syrup, if desired.
Oreo Cheesecake Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons salted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- 10 Oreo cookies, broken into pieces
Directions
Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add sugar and beat again. Add in flour slowly and fold in Oreo pieces until they get incorporated. With a plastic wrap, cover the bowl and refrigerate it for 45 minutes to 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out two tablespoon-sized amounts using a cookie scoop and roll into balls. Place them on a baking sheet and press down little.
Bake the cookies for 10 to 11 minutes or until golden. Remove them from the oven and cool.
You can make these Valentine’s Day cookies a part of your Valentine’s Day dessert and indulge in them along with your partner.
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Funston, L., “Heart Cookie Pops,” Delish web site, Feb 07, 2017; http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a51432/heart-cookie-pops-recipe/.
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