{"id":14910,"date":"2016-02-01T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapfish.co.uk\/blog\/valentines-inspiration-the-perfect-pair\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T05:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T05:58:34","slug":"valentines-inspiration-the-perfect-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/blog\/valentines-inspiration-the-perfect-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Inspiration &#8211; The Perfect Pair &#x1f60d;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As <span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/span> is fast approaching, we &nbsp;thought we&#8217;d share the love with some Valentine&#8217;s inspiration. Follow these 10 simple steps to create delicious cookies your Valentine will love:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.snapfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/edited-11.jpg\" alt=\"Valentines inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1107\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients for biscuits&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100g \/ 3.5oz soft unsalted butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100g \/ 3.5oz caster sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 medium free-range egg (lightly beaten)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>275g \/ 10oz plain flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients for&nbsp;decorating&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>225g \/ 8oz icing sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-3tbsp water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3-4 drops of food coloring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun decorations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Preheat your oven to 190C \/ 375F \/Gas 5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof&nbsp;paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Gradually beat in the vanilla extract and egg, until the mixture is well combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir until it comes&nbsp;together as a dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of around 1cm \/ 1\/3 inch<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.snapfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0521.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine's inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1110\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>6. Use your heart shaped cookie cutters to cut biscuit out of the dough and place carefully onto your baking tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Bake your cookies in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until pale golden brown.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.snapfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0530.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine's inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1111\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. Set your cookies on a cooling rack for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Use a knife to spread the icing onto the cookies, and have fun decorating with your Valentines initials, love hearts, 100&#8217;s and 1000&#8217;s &#8211; you choose !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOP TIP: Keep adding drops of food coloring to your icing, so you have a range of different shades.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.snapfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0554.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine's inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1115\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To create the perfect pair of presents, make your Valentine a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personalized photo mug<\/a>, so once they&#8217;ve eaten the cookies they have a gift that keeps on giving!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/photo-coffee-mug-11-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.snapfish.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/valentines-mug.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine's inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1123\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We love seeing what you come up with! Please tag us @SnapfishUS and #snapfish on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snapfish\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snapfishus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/snapfishus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinterest <\/a>. We love seeing what you create.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Valentine&#8217;s Day is fast approaching, we &nbsp;thought we&#8217;d share the love with some Valentine&#8217;s inspiration. 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