Valentine’s Inspiration – The Perfect Pair 😍

As Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, we  thought we’d share the love with some Valentine’s inspiration. Follow these 10 simple steps to create delicious cookies your Valentine will love:

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Ingredients for biscuits 

  • 100g / 3.5oz soft unsalted butter
  • 100g / 3.5oz caster sugar
  • 1 medium free-range egg (lightly beaten)
  • 275g / 10oz plain flour
  • 1tsp vanilla

Ingredients for decorating 

  • 225g / 8oz icing sugar
  • 2-3tbsp water
  • 3-4 drops of food coloring
  • Fun decorations

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 190C / 375F /Gas 5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper

2. Cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl.

3. Gradually beat in the vanilla extract and egg, until the mixture is well combined.

4. Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir until it comes together as a dough.

5. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of around 1cm / 1/3 inch

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6. Use your heart shaped cookie cutters to cut biscuit out of the dough and place carefully onto your baking tray.

7. Bake your cookies in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until pale golden brown.

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8. Set your cookies on a cooling rack for 10 minutes.

9. Once your cookies are cool enough to decorate; make the icing. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, and gradually add the water (you do not want your icing too runny). Mix in your food coloring.

10. Use a knife to spread the icing onto the cookies, and have fun decorating with your Valentines initials, love hearts, 100’s and 1000’s – you choose !

TOP TIP: Keep adding drops of food coloring to your icing, so you have a range of different shades. 

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To create the perfect pair of presents, make your Valentine a personalized photo mug, so once they’ve eaten the cookies they have a gift that keeps on giving!

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