Description
Indulge in the delightful Heart-Shaped Strawberry Shortbread Cookies, a perfect treat for any celebration, especially Valentine’s Day. These charming cookies feature a melt-in-your-mouth buttery shortbread paired with sweet strawberry jam, creating a taste sensation that will impress your loved ones. Not only are they easy to make, but their lovely heart shape makes them an ideal gift or dessert to share. Customize with various jams or glazes to bring your own twist to this classic recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 125 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 60 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 180 g plain flour (all-purpose)
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- 170 g strawberry jam
- For glaze: 110 g powdered icing sugar, 2 tbsp strawberry puree, 1 tsp melted butter, 30 ml milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla extract.
- Gradually add flour and salt, mixing until a soft dough forms.
- Roll out the dough to about 0.5 cm thick and cut out heart shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Place on the baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Cool cookies and spread strawberry jam on half of them, topping with another cookie to create sandwiches.
- Optionally dip in glaze made from powdered sugar, strawberry puree, melted butter, and milk.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (25g)
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: <1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg