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Recipe for Valentine’s Day Cookies
The Queen’s Heart Cookie
Give the gift of magic and create exceptional Disney staycation events at home. This recipe for Valentine’s Day cookies, the queen’s heart cookies, are modeled after the Crowned Heart Sandwich cookies in the book, Entertaining with Disney, Exceptional Events by Amy Croushorn. Fabulous Disney staycation ideas for perfect Disney staycations at home. So what makes this book so special?
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the queen’s heart cookies are a delightful addition to the garden party event for Valentine’s Day in the Entertaining with Disney, Exceptional Events book. Using our basic cookie dough, and some royal icing, these Valentine’s Day sandwich cookies come to life. Whether you create the cut-out hearts or sandwich them with some buttercream frosting, your friends and family are sure to be delighted.
Recipe for Valentine’s Day Cookies
The themed Valentine’s Day garden event is one of many themed Disney events you will find in this wonderful book. Author Amy Croushorn does a fantastic job bringing life to each of the 12 events with ease of recreation in a wonderfully whimsical story.
I love that each event has a fun story, full menu with recipes, decoration ideas, and games.
Each theme is easily laid out with step by step instructions for the menu, the decorations, games, and planner for pulling it all together seamlessly.
Fun Disney facts are sprinkled throughout with delightful pictures completing the whole experience.
From New Year’s Eve to monthly Book Club meetings, this book covers a surprise each month.
Grab your friends for fun-filled days of cooking, the kids for crafting, and surprise everyone with easily recreated games for all to enjoy. A wonderful collection of staycation ideas.
The Queen's Heart Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup shortening
- Pinch of salt
- 3 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup of water
- Red food coloring
- 3 TBSP meringue powder
- 3 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- 5 TBSP water
- Red food coloring
- Edible Gold Luster Dust
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Roll the cookie dough out to 1/4 inch on a lightly floured board, be sure the consistency is like your earlobe.
- Using a medium-sized heart shape cookie cutter, cut all the cookies and place them on a greased 11x17 cookie/jelly roll pan.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, or just until set.
- Slightly loosen the cookies using a small thin spatula, and let them cool completely.
- Once completely cooled, pipe small round dots on the underside of ½ of the cookies.
- With the other half of the cookies, cover them with the red royal icing and let dry.
- Top each frosted cookie with the royal iced heart-shaped cookies to make a sandwich.
- Using the Edible Gold Luster Dust and a small food-grade paintbrush dipped in vodka, paint a small crown on top of each sandwich cookie.
- The finished cookies store well in an airtight container. Do not refrigerate or freeze them. It will ruin the royal icing.
- They are delicious freshly made but get better overnight. The flavors meld together, and the cookie softens from the filling.
- Using a heavy-duty stand mixer cream the shortening and salt together until well mixed.
- Add the powdered sugar and mix until it looks like little pebbles.
- Gradually add the water and whip until it’s light and fluffy.
- Using a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with a grease-free metal bowl and whip, Sift the powdered sugar and meringue powder into the bowl.
- Add the water and mix on low until the ingredients are incorporated.
- Increase the speed to medium-high and mix for about 1 more minute. The frosting should drip off the whip when the mixer is turned off and lifted and flatten out in the bowl.
- Keep the bowl covered with a damp towel as you decorate the house.
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