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As I mentioned in my last post on Pink Millionaire´s Shortbread, in the spirit of Valentine´s Day, my university´s baking society has challenged us to bake something fit for the occasion. Valentine´s Day biscuits or cookies are obviously nothing new, but I have tried to put my spin on them by creating these Love Heart Cherry Sandwich Biscuits with Kirsch/cherry liqueur!
These biscuits are very quick and easy to make and the recipe is highly adjustable – so you can alter it to create any flavour combination you fancy!
Breaking down my Love Heart Sandwich Biscuits Recipe
There really are just two components to these Love Heart Sandwich Biscuits: Biscuits and Jam!
BISCUIT DOUGH
The biscuit dough follows my classic 1-2-3 recipe, where sugar, butter and flour are combined in a 1:2:3 ratio. You can then add a little water to bring the dough together, or do it like me and add a little booze to your bake instead! I really love the flavour of cherry/Kirsch liqueur, it´s one of my favourites and also one of the key ingredients in my favourite cake recipe ever: A Classic Black Forest Gâteau, or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte as it is known in German. The biscuit recipe is great for you to have a play around with flavours though, you could also try adding some vanilla bean paste to the dough, or some lemon/orange zest and/or juice! Or to make a chocolate biscuit, simply replace 40g of the flour with cocoa powder! The possibilities really are endless!
JAM
The second element to my Love Heart Sandwich Biscuits is jam, and I used cherry jam as it is one of my favourites and goes well with the Kirsch liqueur! But again, this element is completely variable depending on your taste and preferences, you could use any other jam you chose (raspberry, strawberry or apricot would also be nice) or even sandwich the biscuits with lemon curd or chocolate spread! Make them your own and tailor them according to who you might be making them for! <3
More Valentine´s Day Recipes
If you are looking for some more sweet and savoury Valentine´s Day cooking or baking recipes, why not give some of these recipes below a try?
- Pesto Star Bread | Tear and Share Loaf
- Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce and Meatballs | Lady and the Tramp
- Easy Homemade Lasagne Recipe
- Butternut Squash Tomato Sauce with Tagliatelle
- Chicken Supreme | Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Sauce with Rice
- Bailey´s Chocolate Truffles
- Pink Millionaire´s Shortbread
- Meringue Roulade filled with Strawberries and Cream
- Chocolate Pavlova with Bailey´s Irish Cream
- Mini Strawberry and Chocolate Cheesecakes
- Raspberry and White Chocolate Brownies
- Strawberries and Cream Swiss Roll
Love Heart Cherry Sandwich Biscuits | Valentine´s Baking Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients (makes 20-25):
FOR THE DOUGH:
- 75g caster sugar
- 150g butter, cubed
- 225g flour
- 1-2 tbsp Kirsch liqueur or water
TO FINISH:
- 200g dark cherry jam
- 1 tbsp Kirsch liqueur (optional)
- Icing sugar
YOU WILL ALSO NEED:
- 1 mixing bowl
- 2-3 large baking trays
- 1 larger and 1 smaller heart-shaped biscuit cutter
Method:
- To make the biscuit dough, combine the caster sugar and the flour in a mixing bowl, then start working in the butter with your hands. Continue to do so until the mixture starts to come together but it still quite crumbly. Add in the cherry liqueur (or water if you prefer), a little at a time, until the mixture comes together into a smooth dough.
- Wrap the biscuit dough in a piece of clingfilm and leave to rest in the fridge for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and line 2-3 large baking trays with baking paper.
- Remove the biscuit dough from the fridge. Take half of the dough and roll it out between two pieces of clingfilm to prevent the dough from sticking but avoid adding too much excess flour until about 3mm thick.
- Use the large heart-shaped biscuit cutters to cut out hearts, then cut out a smaller heart from the centre of half of the biscuits. Re-roll and repeat with the remainder of the biscuit dough, making sure you end up with an equal number of biscuits with and without the heart cut out from the middle.
- Bake the biscuits in the preheated oven for 8-12 minutes until they are a light golden-brown colour. Remove from the oven and leave on the trays for about 10 minutes to firm up, before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- To assemble the biscuits, put the ones with the centre heart cut out onto a piece of baking paper. Use a small sieve to dust liberally them with icing sugar, catching any excess icing sugar on the baking parchment (you can then reuse it another time!).
- Gently the cherry jam in a pot over a medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from the heat and stir in a little extra cherry/Kirsch liqueur if you like the taste.
- Spread a thin layer of the jam over the whole heart-shaped biscuits, then sandwich with an icing sugar-covered biscuit with the heart cut-out. Spoon a little extra jam into the hole to fill it completely.
- Leave the biscuits for about 20-30 minutes until the jam has set. Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.
These look great! 😋
Thanks!