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These Valentine’s shortbread cookies are wonderfully traditional in flavour \u2013 crisp, buttery, delicious and irresistibly cute. To make them, you’ll need cookie stamps and cookie cutters in your favourite shapes. Happy Valentine’s Day!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ingredients for Valentine’s shortbread cookies:<\/span><\/p>\n

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• 250 g plain flour<\/li>\n
• 125 g icing sugar<\/li>\n
• 125 g cold butter<\/li>\n
• 1 egg or 3 egg yolks, from large eggs<\/li>\n
• 1 vanilla pod<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Split the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Mix the vanilla seeds with the sugar. Sift the flour onto a work surface. Cut the butter into small pieces, add it to the flour and rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Make a well in the centre, add the egg (or egg yolks) and sprinkle over the vanilla sugar. Mix just until the ingredients come together, then knead briefly into a smooth dough. Alternatively, the pastry can be made in a food processor by combining all the ingredients and processing just until the dough comes together. Shape the dough into a ball, flatten it slightly, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for about 60 minutes.<\/p>\n

  Remove the dough from the fridge and roll it out to a thickness of approximately 3\u20134 mm on a lightly floured surface. Stamp the dough and cut out the cookies. Place them on baking trays lined with baking paper, leaving a little space between each cookie. Gather the scraps, knead them briefly, roll out again and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough has been used.<\/p>\n

  Bake at 180\u00b0C for approximately 13\u201315 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.<\/p>\n

  Store the Valentine’s shortbread cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days.<\/p>\n

  Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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  And here’s the winter version!<\/p>\n

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  Recipe adapted from Pierre Herm\u00e9’s recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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