It’s Valentine’s Day soon! Are you looking for the perfect Valentines Day gift? How can you show your love? With flowers of course. With chocolate hearts or what about the exclusive German Heart Shapes Valentines Day Cookies!
These heart shaped cookies are so delicious, and very easy to make. They will make everyone smile. Show your love with these home baked cookies that you will never find in any store. Happy Baking and Happy Valentine’s Day!
(for about 50 cookies)
240 g flour
5 g baking powder
1 egg
80 g almond flour
200 g butter
50 g powdered sugar
10 drops bitter almond flavor, alternatively almond or rum flavor
Filling
150 g chopped baking marzipan
3 tbsp Amaretto, optional
3 tbsp red jam, preferably red currant jelly
1 cookie cutter heart shaped
For the Dough
– Cut butter in cubes.
– Place butter cubes and all ingredients for the dough on a baking board.
– The best is to use the hands to knead it (have hands dusted with flour) until you get a smooth dough.
– Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place it at least for 30 minutes in the fridge.
– For the cookies roll the dough 2mm (less than 1/4 inch, so quite thin) and with a heart shaped cookie cutter cut about 50 hearts out of the dough;
– Take half of the cookies and with the end of a wooden spoon cut out a hole in the middle or use a small heart shaped cookie cutter. The hole should not be too small, about 1 inch diameter.
– Bake all cookies in pre-heated oven for about 8- 10 minutes on 160 C or 330 F.
– When done let them cool off.
Filling
For the filling mix Amaretto with the jam and bring to a brief boil, then add the soft marzipan. Mix well with a fork; it should be spreadable.
If you use a jam that has seeds, like raspberry or strawberry, squeeze the jam first through a sieve to remove all seeds.
– Per heart use 1 tsp filling and spread a thin layer on half of the cookies (the ones without the hole).
– Dust the cookies with the hole with powdered sugar, do this before you place them on top of the other cookie.
– Place on each cookie a heart cookie with a hole.
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