Happy Late Valentines Day!

Anything on a stick is instantly cuter!

 I have a confession. I love valentines day. The whole idea of having a day dedicated to giving gifts to those you love is just so romantic <3 Being a citizen of singledom however, means that I don't have a significant other to shower with sugary goodness. Luckily, my friends are always willing!

These cookie pops make the cutest valentines gift for your loved ones or yourself! While I think they look even cuter with sticks in the bottom, the cookie recipe works just as well without them :)

Valentines on a stick

Makes aprox 50 cookies
Cookie recipe adapted from  Smitten Kitchen

For the cookies:

375 grams flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
225 grams unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup cocoa powder

For the icing:

Pink ready to roll icing

White ready to roll icing

Raspberry jam

Tools of the trade:

Two heart shaped cookie cutters- different sizes.

Rolling Pin

Mix sifted flour and baking powder in bowl and set aside. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cocoa with a mixer. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Wrap in plastic and chill for two hours.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius.

Roll out cookie dough on floured counter and cut into hearts. To make cookie pops place one hand on top of the cookie, and using your other hand, slowly insert the end of the stick into the bottom of the cookie, using a slow, turning motion. Once the stick is inserted gently lift the cookie pop of the counter, flip it over and place it on the baking tray. If there is cracks in the dough take some of the leftover dough and place it on top of the crack and gently press down. It doesn’t matter if it looks a bit dodgey because we will be covering it in icing later J

Bake for approx. 9 minutes.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Once the cookies have cooled you can begin icing. Roll out the icing according to the directions on the packet. You want some pink icing for the smaller hearts and white icing for the larger hearts. Once the icing has reached its desired consistency and thickness- similar to pie dough- you can start to cut them out.

To put the cookies together spred a small amount of raspberry jam on to the cookie pop, layer a large white heart on top, layer a smaller amount of jam on top of that and then place one of the small pink hearts on top of that and voila J