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Valentine's Day Cookies Recipe

Tender, buttery sandwich cookies filled with sweet strawberry jam, lightly spiced with cinnamon and finished with a delicate sugar dusting.
Prep Time 55 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 24
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 135

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp confectioners sugar sifted
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cups strawberry jam

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Whisk
  • Hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Rubber spatula
  • Plastic wrap
  • Rolling pin
  • Parchment paper
  • Heart-shaped cookie cutters
  • Baking sheets
  • Cooling rack
  • Small saucepan
  • Spoon or offset spatula
  • Fine sieve (for dusting sugar)

Method
 

  1. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, confectioners sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
  2. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and egg.
  3. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until just combined.
  4. Divide dough in half, shape into discs, wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  5. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Roll chilled dough between parchment to ⅛-inch thickness.
  6. Cut out cookies, making half solid and half with center cutouts. Chill cut cookies for 5 minutes.
  7. Bake for 8–10 minutes, until edges are lightly golden. Cool briefly, then transfer to a rack.
  8. Warm strawberry jam over low heat for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  9. Spread jam onto solid cookies. Top with cutout cookies and press gently.
  10. Dust lightly with confectioners sugar before serving.