With Valentine’s Day fast approaching I wanted to make heart shaped cookies. Since I am not a big fan of food colouring, the only option to dress them up was chocolate. They turned out to be a melt in your mouth, flavourful cookie that can be enjoyed with just a cup of coffee or hot chocolate or as an accompaniment to a rich chocolate dessert.
- 1 stick butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- ¼ cup almond flour
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate
Mix the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until smooth, add the almond flour and all-purpose flour and mix until the dough forms a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for about half an hour. Remove the dough from the fridge and roll to about ¼ inch thick, cut with a heart shaped cookie cutter or the cookie cutter of your choice. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until the cookies are slightly golden around the edges. Let the cookies cool on a rack. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate over a pot of simmering water or in the microwave. Dip half the cookies in chocolate and place on parchment paper, let the chocolate harden and enjoy.
Love that look! Could I use more almond flour and less all-purpose flour?
Hi Marika, thank you for your comment. I prefer to use more nut flours and less all-purpose flour when I bake as well. For these cookies you would have to use some all-purpose flour because the dough is rolled and cut. You could increase the almond flour to 6 tablespoons and reduce the all-purpose flour to 1 cup and 2 tablespoons. Let me know how they turn out.
megi
I’m with you on the food coloring front. Don’t trust it, prefer to avoid it altogether. So, most of my desserts come dressed in chocolate, like this, or with a simple white icing. However, I will tell you that I recently splurged on some all-natural food coloring (which you can easily find on Amazon). They are expensive, but at least they give an alternative when you want a little color. I’m still learning to use them (and for the price I paid, I treat them like liquid gold), but it’s fun to finally add color to my dessert creations!
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Your cookies look wonderful! One question — can I make “almond flour” by grinding blanched almonds in my food processor?
Hello, thank you! Yes, you can make almond flour in the food processor but a coffee grinder works better. If you are using whole blanched almonds in a food processor, I would recommend adding a tablespoon or two of all-purpose flour to absorb the oil released by the almonds. Also, I find slivered and sliced almonds are easier to grind than whole almonds. I hope you give the cookies a try.
megi
I made these tonight for my boyfriend who lives far away…i’m baking him an assortment of goods and over-night shipping them for valentine’s day. These came out great! Harris Teeter didn’t have almond flour so I bought almond extract instead….and i put whole raw almonds in the food processor and finely ground them. The cookies look exactly like the picture- beautiful! Thank you for a great recipe.
Hi hayden90, thank you, I am so glad you gave this recipe a try and you liked it. I am sure your boyfriend will love your baked goods package! Happy Valentine’s Day to both of you.
I feel like I am missing something… what oven temp to you recommend? (novice baker here and these look delicious!)
Hi Rosemary, thank you for your comment, I can’t believe I forgot to put the oven temperature. It’s 350 degrees F. I hope you give them a try. Thank you for your visit.
Hey! Happy Valentines Day everyone. Wish you all to have a very sweet moment with your loved ones.
My boyfriend said out of the cookies I gave him, these are his favorite…or…WERE his favorite. he finished them already!
Hi Hayden, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment, you truly made my day.