These Chocolate Valentine’s Cookies are dairy free, so simple to throw together, and guaranteed to prove your undying love to a sweet toothed lover ;)
Love is in the air here at Hedgecombers HQ, and to celebrate all things smoochworthy, I made Jonny some loved up chocolate cookies.
I made them dairy free so that I could scoff them too.
That my friends is true love, right there :)
PS if you fancy icing your cookies too, try the icing recipe I used in my Gluten Free Snowflake Cookies. It’s dead easy and doesn’t run or otherwise misbehave. Feel free to pimp it with as much food colouring as your heart desires :)
Chocolate Valentines Cookies
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
27 mins
Ingredients
- 225 g plain flour
- 100 g sugar
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 110 ml vegetable oil
- 5 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190/375/gas 5
- Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a large bowl. Add the other ingredients and mix together until you have a soft dough.
- Lightly flour the work surface. Take half the dough and gently roll it out until it as thick as a £1 coin.
- Using a sharp knife or a cookie cutter, cut out whatever shapes you fancy. There are no rules here so let your imagination take over.
- Use a fish slice or a palette knife to gently slide the cookies onto a baking sheet. Keep rolling and cutting out the leftover dough until it is all used up.
- Bake for 8-12 minutes depending on the size of your cookies - my large heart measured about 6 inches high and that took 11 minutes to bake perfectly.
- Using the fish slice/spatula slide the hot cookies off the baking sheet to a marble slab or cool work surface to fully cool down.
- If you'd like to ice your cookies as I have, follow the link above to find my icing recipe.
Glamorous Glutton says
These are so lovely Janie, your decoration is fantastic. Lovely photos too. GG
Jane Sarchet says
Aww, thanks GG :) I have found a weird love of decorating cookies, I can lose myself in it for ages!
Janie x
Kerry @ Kerry Cooks says
Gorgeous! Did they take you long to do?
Jane Sarchet says
Far longer to decorate than to make & bake Kerry, but it’s so therapeutic!
Janie x
Julie's Family Kitchen says
These are beautiful cookies Janie, I adore how you have decorated them.
Jane Sarchet says
Thank you Julie :)
Janie x
Janice says
Impressive! Hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day
Jane Sarchet says
Thanks Janice, you too ;)
Janie x
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
These valentine’s cookies look beautiful – and I love your decoration of them!
Jane Sarchet says
Thank you for the sweet comment Thalia :)
Janie x
Rachel says
These were so good they tasted AMAZING and quite easy to make
By an 11 year old
Jane Sarchet says
Woohoooo! Thank you master/miss 11 year old, you clearly have GREAT taste :D
Janie x