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Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF

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Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF

You can cook Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF using 13 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF

  1. It's Dough.
  2. You need 150 grams sunflower spread / butter, softened.
  3. Prepare 65 grams caster sugar.
  4. It's 15 grams cocoa powder.
  5. Prepare 215 grams gluten-free/plain flour.
  6. Prepare Buttercream.
  7. You need 75 grams sunflower spread / butter, softened.
  8. You need 125 grams icing / powdered sugar.
  9. You need 1/2 tsp vanilla extract.
  10. Prepare Decoration.
  11. You need 50 grams icing/powdered sugar.
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp or 2 of water.
  13. It's 1/2 tsp cocoa powder.

Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF step by step

  1. Beat the sunflower spread and sugar together until light and creamy then split evenly between 2 bowls, 100g in each.
  2. To one bowl, add the cocoa powder and 100g of the flour.
  3. To the other add the remaining flour.
  4. Mix each bowls ingredients into a dough and set one bowl aside.
  5. Flour a surface and roll or pat out one dough to a 1/2 cm thick.
  6. Using a 3.5cm heart shaped cutter, stamp out as many shapes as you can, re-rolling the dough as needed. You need an even number of hearts, I got 16.
  7. Clean and flour your surface again and roll out the second dough. Cut out the same number of shapes as you did the first time.
  8. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and lay the heart cut outs on them.
  9. Prick lightly all over with a fork and chill for 30 minutes in the fridge.
  10. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350°F.
  11. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes, let cool on the tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  12. Make the buttercream by mixing the sunflower spread and icing sugar together until light and creamy and adding in the vanilla.
  13. Spread the chocolate hearts with buttercream and put a plain shortbread heart on top of each.
  14. These are so cute!! Turn half over so there are an even amount of each colour facing up.
  15. Mix the icing sugar and water to make a glaze that isn't thin but you can drizzle easily.
  16. Use a teaspoon to drizzle the white icing over the chocolate topped sandwiches. Add the cocoa to the leftover glaze and drizzle it over the plain topped cookies.
  17. Let the icing set, then serve.
  18. You can drizzle melted chocolate if you prefer.

Vickys Valentine Chocolate Shortbread Hearts, GF DF EF SF NF - Thank you and good luck