Chocolate cookies for Valentine’s Day
Description
It goes perfectly with tea and coffee. Buy a pretty heart-shaped box, bake chocolate cookies for Valentine’s Day, wrap them nicely — and a very sweet, touching, and lovely Valentine’s Day gift is ready. Trust me, a gift like this will delight your other half far more than yet another bottle of perfume or shaving cream, because you’ve put your effort and your heart into the cookies — and that’s what matters most in a gift.
Instructions
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Step 1
Sift the flour into a bowl, add the ground almonds to the same bowl, and mix.
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Step 2
Mix half a cup of room-temperature butter with confectioners’ sugar until smooth.
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Step 3
Add the cocoa powder to the butter mixture.
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Step 4
Mix thoroughly.
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Step 5
Mix the flour mixture with the butter mixture. Quickly, for 1 minute, knead the dough.
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Step 6
Now divide the dough into 12–16 equal portions and roll each into a ball. Place the balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze for 5–7 minutes.
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Step 7
Then take the balls out of the freezer and place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (until done).
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Step 8
Melt the remaining butter with the chocolate shavings in a double boiler. Dip the baked cookies, cooled to room temperature, into the resulting chocolate glaze.
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Step 9
The cookies should be completely covered with chocolate glaze.
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Step 10
Place the chocolate-glazed cookies on parchment paper. If desired, decorate with hearts (sold in stores specifically for decorating baked goods) or ground almonds. Let stand until completely set.
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Step 11
The cookies are ready — you can pack them in a pretty box and give them as gifts, or you can simply serve them with tea or coffee. Happy holidays! :)