Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF

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A cute little cookie the kids can help with to give to the ones they love the most - Mum & Dad!

Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF

A cute little cookie the kids can help with to give to the ones they love the most - Mum & Dad!

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Ingredients

1 hour
16 servings
  1. Dough
  2. 150 gramssunflower spread / butter, softened
  3. 65 gramscaster sugar
  4. 15 gramscocoa powder
  5. 215 gramsgluten-free/plain flour
  6. Buttercream
  7. 75 gramssunflower spread / butter, softened
  8. 125 gramsicing / powdered sugar
  9. 1/2 tspvanilla extract
  10. Decoration
  11. 50 gramsicing/powdered sugar
  12. 1 tbspor 2 of water
  13. 1/2 tspcocoa powder

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Beat the sunflower spread and sugar together until light and creamy then split evenly between 2 bowls, 100g in each

  2. 2

    To one bowl, add the cocoa powder and 100g of the flour

  3. 3

    To the other add the remaining flour

  4. 4

    Mix each bowls ingredients into a dough and set one bowl aside

  5. 5

    Flour a surface and roll or pat out one dough to a 1/2 cm thick

  6. 6

    Using a 3.5cm heart shaped cutter, stamp out as many shapes as you can, re-rolling the dough as needed. You need an even number of hearts, I got 16

  7. 7

    Clean and flour your surface again and roll out the second dough. Cut out the same number of shapes as you did the first time

  8. 8

    Line baking sheets with parchment paper and lay the heart cut outs on them

  9. 9

    Prick lightly all over with a fork and chill for 30 minutes in the fridge

  10. 10

    Meanwhile, preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350°F

  11. 11

    Bake for 12 - 14 minutes, let cool on the tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool

  12. 12

    Make the buttercream by mixing the sunflower spread and icing sugar together until light and creamy and adding in the vanilla

  13. 13

    Spread the chocolate hearts with buttercream and put a plain shortbread heart on top of each

  14. 14

    These are so cute!! Turn half over so there are an even amount of each colour facing up

  15. 15

    Mix the icing sugar and water to make a glaze that isn't thin but you can drizzle easily

  16. 16

    Use a teaspoon to drizzle the white icing over the chocolate topped sandwiches. Add the cocoa to the leftover glaze and drizzle it over the plain topped cookies

  17. 17

    Let the icing set, then serve

  18. 18

    You can drizzle melted chocolate if you prefer

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