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:

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

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.

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. 

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!

We love seeing what you come up with! Please tag us @SnapfishUS and #snapfish on Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest . We love seeing what you create.