italian dessert recipes

Valentine Cookie Recipes

"Shape As Hearts OR Drop In Red Foil cups"






valentines cookie recipes This list of valentine cookie recipes are a part of my Italian cookie recipes collection.

These cookies can be:

  • molded and shaped as hearts
  • set in red foil wrappers found in your baking section at the grocery store


    • valentine cookie recipes The whole idea of making something "valentines" is more in the presentation of the cookie. It's not so much the the flavor or name of the cookie. If it looks "hearts-ish" then we seem to think, "Awh, that's so valentines"

    And that's what I did here - I went through my list of cookies that were either rolled out and shaped OR they were small and could be dropped right in a red-foil wrapper.

    The only one that I wouldn't really couldn't really be called a valentine cookie recipe - would be my amaretto truffles recipe. They are beautiful and decadent. And yes, they take a lot of work. But the would make that nice valentines presentation.

    Thanks for stopping by - and have a very romantic Valentines Day!
    Lisa
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    Valentine Cookie Recipes



    These guys can be shaped as hearts:

    Almond Butter Cookies

    Amaretto Cookies

    Chocolate Mint Cookies

    Sour Cream Cookies

    Eggnog Cookie Recipe

    Kourabiedes - These would be best shaped with your hands as a heart - rather than "cut".

    Pistachio Cookies - These are green but can be shaped.

    valentine cookie recipes And these guys can be put in red foil cups found in the baking section of you grocery store:

    Chocolate Macaroons

    Bourbon Ball Recipe

    Rum Ball Recipe





    Questions

    What's the best way to roll out dough and NOT have a mess?


    I've found a lot of fun tips on this. I've tried a few of these:

  • spray the counter with Pam - then roll
  • Put the dough between wax paper then roll
  • Use a marble slab (nice - but not practical for everyone)

    • Do any of these use valentines cookie recipes use frosting?

    Nope. Most Italian cookie recipes aren't frosted. We dip or glaze a few like my ricotta cheese cookies recipe and my anisette cookies recipe, but other than that - we just aren't big cookie frosters. Back to the top of the valentine cookie recipes.



    Lisa Gianotti Fathers Day I can already tell you the main recipes that are viewed on Italian Dessert Recipes during the last few weeks before Fathers Day - CHOCOLATE desserts, CHOCOLATE CAKES, CHOCOLATE cheesecake - basically anything chocolate.

    Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings.

    So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day:

    Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor

    Chocolate Walnut Cake

    Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!)

    And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations:

    Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.)



    Lisa


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    Recipes on this site are from family cookbooks, family traditions, or intentional adaptations from traditional recipes to add an Italian flair. If a recipe was adapted or used from another cook - it is mentioned on the recipe page and the recipe author is given credit.