Romantic sweet cookies are delicious heart-shaped cookies. A sweet way to express love towards another person. Perfect to celebrate any special occasion, but delicious to enjoy all year round.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 12/14 Cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for Romantic Sweet Cookies
- 2 cups Flour
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 cup Butter
- Zest of 1 lemon
- as needed Strawberry jam
Tools
- 2 Cookie Cutters
Preparation
Let’s see how to prepare romantic sweet cookies.
In a bowl, pour the flour, the butter cut into pieces at room temperature, the baking powder, the sugar, the egg yolks, and start kneading with your hands until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough. Let it rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, wrapped in food film.
After the time has passed, take the dough and roll it out on a work surface with a rolling pin, about a quarter inch thick. Take a small bowl and mix the water with the sugar. Cut the dough with the cookie cutters, in half of the cookies cut the central part with a smaller cutter and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, on the cookies where you removed the central part, brush with the sugared water. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 10 minutes, they should be slightly golden. Fill with jam and cover with the cookie with the hole.
Notes
They can be stored for up to 4/5 days, you can also sprinkle powdered sugar. It is advisable to use red jam, strawberry, or cherry for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, for other occasions you can instead fill with any jam or hazelnut cream.
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