Thursday 12 February 2015

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Hey Everyone! :)
It's nearly Valentine's Day! And what better way to celebrate than eating everything chocolate related and in the shape of a heart, irregardless whether you have anything planned! Cue recipe for these heart shaped cookies!

I found these on Pinterest and they looked so cute and yummy.. The recipe isn't the easiest.. there's a lot of chilling and cutting etc involved (okay it's not that hard I'm just lazy) but they turned out good in the end :) They're like a cuter version of oreos!
Also I would strongly recommend using a cookie cutter as cutting identical hearts free hand is actually quite hard xD 
For the full recipe you can click here.

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Ingredients:

Cookies:

  • 1 1/8 cups all purpose flour (plain flour?)
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp coarse salt
  • 6 tbs unsalted butter, melted
  • 2/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1 large egg

Filling:

  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • 1/4 granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1-2 tbs milk, if needed

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo
Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Method:

  1. Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together butter, sugar and egg. Combine the two together.
  2. Divide the dough in half, roll out each half between two sheets of baking paper (I didn't have parchment paper) and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  4. Cut out an even number of same sized hearts/other shapes. I would recommend using a cutter and not doing this by hand, as you can see I gave up after a while XD
  5. Place the cookies on baking paper and freeze for 15 minutes.
  6. Bake for 8-12 minutes depending on the size, remove from the oven and cool.
  7. To make the filling, beat the butter until light and fluffy (few minutes). Add the sugars, be careful as icing sugar goes everywhere and beat until combined. Beat in the vanilla and if it's too thick add some milk a little at a time.
  8. Spread or pipe the mixture onto one heart and sandwich 2 together.
Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

Valentine's Day Chocolate Heart Cookies Pinterest Anniversary Oreo

And tadaa you're finished! I personally would add a bit more butter/milk as I found the mixture was a bit hard and if it was a bit softer that would make it a lot easier. I also should have baked mine for less, when we first took them out of the oven they seemed soft but as they cool down they go harder :)

Let me know if you try these and what other Valentine's Day treats you will be making this weekend!

10 comments:

  1. These are so cute and rustic! :)

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    1. Thank you! I gave up on making them perfect so went for the rustic handmade look xD

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  2. These look absolutely delicious, thanks for sharing!! <3

    I have a Valentines Day outfit post up on the blog, would love to know your thoughts:

    * Electric Sunrise - Fashion and Lifestyle Blog *

    x

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    1. They were actually really yummy! :)
      Ooh I'll have a look now :) xx

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  3. Yum! Like homemade oreos, ideal :) I do love baking a good biscuit and these look really impressive. I have even finally got a heart shaped cookie cutter!! xx

    Jasmin Charlotte | UK Lifestyle Blog

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    1. Yay! I looked everywhere and couldn't find any heart ones! At home I have like 5 which is annoying but never mind they still turned out okay! :)

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  4. mmm bet they turned out delicious! will probably give them a go soon :)
    thank you for the recipe! Mara x

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    1. They were tasty! :) they softened up the next day which made up for them being a bit hard at first :) that's okay! :) xx

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  5. This is such a great idea! They must be yummy!

    Bella Pummarola

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