With Valentines Day coming quickly around the corner, what better time to break out your apron and get your bake on! Calories don't count at this time of year anyway.. right?! So I was scouring all of my cookbooks and the internet to find the perfect lovey-dovey bake for your guys and I think I've found it! (Even if I did have to go out and buy heart shaped cutters specifically for this.. I have owl shapes but no hearts... typical!) Anyway, I hope you enjoy this simple bake, I love making biscuits because you need hardly any ingredients.. and it is my boyfriend's favourite after all, so I thought I would put a smile on his face!
TIMINGS
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOK TIME: 8-10 minutes
CHILL TIME: 30 minutes
MAKES: 20 biscuits
YOU WILL NEED:
425g plain flour
75g caster sugar
2tsp vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
325g butter
Raspberry jam
Icing sugar (for dusting)
For the buttercream:
50g butter
100g icing sugar
METHOD:
Sift the flour into a large bowl, add in the sugar, vanilla, egg yolks and softened butter. Mix well until it forms a dough. Remove from the bowl and flatten on cling film until it's about 2cm thick and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.Then preheat the oven to 180°C.
Remove the dough from the fridge and place onto a floured surface. Roll the dough out until it's about 5mm thick and use a large heart shaped cookie cutter to create shapes (make sure you have an even number of these!)
Take half of these larger hearts and use a smaller heart shaped cookie cutter in the middle of each to create a heart shaped hole.
Place all of the hearts onto a baking tray and bake for around 8-10 minutes, or until they are a pale golden colour. In the mean time, make the buttercream by mixing together the butter, icing sugar and vanilla.
Allow the biscuits to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. When they are cool spread 1/2 tsp of jam onto the biscuit that is a whole heart. And then spread the buttercream onto the underside of the heart with whole in the center. Sandwich the two sides together and then dust with icing sugar.
These look so delicious! I need to try them out for sure :)
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They are quite delicious to be honest! :) x
DeleteThese look amazing! I really want to make more biscuits although we still got so many left (we went a bit over the top in December haha) xx
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Hahha! So do we! But I couldn't resist a Valentines themed bake! :) x
DeleteIm obsessed with baking, usually different kinds of cupcakes but these look yummy!
ReplyDeleteEmma | Emmys Beauty Cave | Bloglovin
They are yummy (if I do say so myself!) I need to make more cupcakes though - they are by far my favourite to eat haha! x
DeleteA www! These are so cute! And super adorable!:)xx
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Thanks lovely - glad you enjoyed it! x
DeleteThese look absolutely amazing, especially with the cream oozing out of the middle! I've bookmarked this so I can bake them tomorrow for my family for Valentine's, they look so cute but simple! Just following you on Bloglovin' now so I can follow more of your baking :)
ReplyDeleteBecky; http://www.rebeccamarie.co.uk xxx
Wow! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I hope they turn out well for you - I'd love to see a picture?! :) Have a lovely Valentines! x
DeleteOooo they looks so good!! would go perfectly with a cup of tea! Great post Hun. Xx
ReplyDeleteOh definitely! I've eaten way too many of these today! Oops x
DeleteLooks like such a lovely recipe. Can't wait to make them for Valentine's Day this year xx
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