Valentine's Day Cookies Recipes

Chocolate Cream-filled Valentines Sweethearts

  1 1/2 c  Butter; softened
  1 1/2 c  Powdered sugar
      4 ts Vanilla extract
      3 c  Flour

Choclate Cream Filling:
    1/2 c  Heavy cream
      1 c  Semisweet chocolate chips

Topping:
    1/4 c  Powdered sugar

Cream the butter in a medium bowl with electric mixer set at medium speed. Add the sugar and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and mix until creamy. Scrape bowl. Add flour and mix at low speed until thoroughly mixed.

Gather dough into 2 balls and flatten to disks. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap or place in an airtight plastic bag. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Using a floured rolling pin, roll dough on floured board to 1/4" thickness. Cut out 2" hearts with cookie cutters. Continue using dough scraps, rerolling and recutting until all dough is used. Be careful not to overwork the dough.

Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1/2" apart. Bake 16-18 minutes or until firm.

Transfer to cool, flat surface.

For Chocolate Cream Filling:

Scald the cream in a small saucepan and remove from heat. Stir in the chocolate chips and cover for 15 minutes. Stir chocolate cream until smooth, then transfer to a small bowl. Set filling aside and let it cool to room temperature.

Spread 1 teaspoonful of chocolate filling on the bottom side of half of the cookies. Top with bottom side of another cookie, forming sandwich.

Repeat with remaining cookies and cream.

Sift confectioners' sugar over the finished cookies.

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Valentine's Day Love Drops (romantic valentines day cookies)

    3/4 c  Shortening
      1 c  Sugar
      2 ea Eggs (unbeaten)
      1 c  Raisins (chopped)
      2 c  Rolled oats (uncooked)
      2 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking Soda
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Milk
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/4 ts Maple extract

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; beat well. Add raisins and rolled oats; mix.

Sift flour, baking soda and salt together; add alternately with milk to which vanilla and maple extract have been added.

Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes.

Yield: 3 dozen.

Pecan Valentines Day Cookies

    3/4 c  (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted
           -butter, softened
    1/2 c  Packed brown sugar
      1    Egg
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/2 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    2/3 c  Coarsely ground pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until well blended.  Beat in egg and vanilla until mixed. Using a wooden spoon, stir in flour, baking powder and baking soda until mixed. Stir in pecans.

Drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake until golden and firm on the top, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Secret Kiss Valentine's Day Cookies

      1 c  butter
    2/3 c  sugar
      1 ts vanilla
      2 c  flour
      1 c  walnuts, chopped fine
      1 pk chocolate kisses
      1 c  powdered sugar

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add flour and nuts on low speed until well-blended.

Chill dough 2 hours.

For each cookie, use about 1 tablespoon of dough to encase one chocolate kiss completely.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees until set but not brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Remove and roll in powdered sugar.

Valentines Rum Balls

      2 tb Cocoa
      1 c  Confectioners sugar
  2 1/2 c  Crushed vanilla wafers
      1 c  Finely chopped pecans
      3 tb Light corn syrup
      3 tb Rum
      2 ts Vanilla extract
    1/4 ts Almond extract

    granulated sugar for rolling 

Sift cocoa and confectioners sugar together; combine with crushed vanilla wafers and pecans.

Add corn syrup, rum, vanilla, and almond extracts.

Roll into 1" balls, and then roll in granulated sugar.

Store cookies in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.

Valentine's Day Yummies

    1/2 c  Butter or margarine
      1 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
      1    Egg -- beaten
    3/4 c  Dates -- chopped
      2 c  Rice Krispies
    1/2 c  Pecans -- chopped
      2 c  Coconut -- shredded

Melt butter, add sugar, salt, and egg. Cook until thick. Add dates and continue cooking about 4-5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Pour over Rice Krispies and pecans. Stir until well blended.

Drop by teaspoonfuls into a bowl of coconut. Roll ball to cover with coconut and place on waxed paper. Cool for 30 minutes.

Store in an airtight metal container.

Valentine's Day Cheesecake Cookies

      5 T  Butter, softened
    1/3 c  Brown sugar, packed
      1 c  Flour
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 pk 8 oz Cream cheese, softened
      1 ea Egg
      2 T  Milk
      1 T  Lemon juice
    1/2 t  Vanilla

Preheat over to 350 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, blend thoroughly butter, brown sugar and flour with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Put 1 cup of the mixture aside for topping. Press remaining mixture into an 8x8x2 inch baking dish; bake for 15 minutes.

In another bowl combine sugar and cream cheese, mixing until smooth. Thoroughly beat in egg, milk, lemon juice and vanilla.

Spread over the baked crust and sprinkle with remaining brown sugar mixture.

Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool, then chill for at least 1 hour. Cut into 16 squares;

Chocolatey Valentines Cookies

    1/2 c  Milk
    1/4 lb Butter
      6 tb Unsweetened cocoa
  1 2/3 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      3 c  Rolled oats

Put the milk and butter in the saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa and sugar; stir well. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.

Beat in vanilla extract and rolled oats. Blend well.

Spoon onto cookie sheet. Let cool until hardened.

These cookies, when cooled, resemble fudge; very chewy.

Meringue Valentine's Day Kisses

 Categories: Desserts, low-fat, easter recipes,
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      2    Egg whites; room temperature
    1/4 ts Cream of tartar
        pn Salt
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract
      4 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
 
Preheat oven to 375 F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.

In medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites until frothy; add cream of tartar and salt. Beat on high speed until stiff; beat in sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Add vanilla; fold in chocolate chips.
 
Drop batter by heaping teaspoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet. Place in oven. Turn oven off; leave cookies in oven 5 hours.

Lemon Kiss Cookies (romantic Valentine's Day recipes)

    1/2 c  Butter
    3/4 c  Sugar
      3 tb Lemon juice
  2 3/4 c  Flour
  1 1/2 c  Almonds,chopped
      1 pk 14 oz chocolate kisses
           Powdered Sugar
    1/2 c  Chocolate chips
      1 tb Shortening

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and lemon juice untill light and fluffy. Add flour and almonds; beat at slow speed until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour for easier handling.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Shape a tablespoonful of dough around each chocolate kiss, covering it completly.

Roll in hand to form ball. Place on ungreased cookiesheet and bake for 8-12 minutes or until set and the edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute, remove from cookie sheet, cool completly.

Lightly dust cookies with powdered sugar.

In small pan, melt chocolate chips and shortening;stir until smooth. Drizzle over each cookie.

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