Favorite Valentine Cookies

Cute Connie whipped some of her favorite Valentine Cookies up yesterday to share with her Valentine, and so kindly  sent us a photo of the yummy cookies (thanks for the picture Connie but how rude to tempt us all with no taste!). We decided to share these with all of you on our Facebook page. Many of you begged for the recipe, so Connie kindly sent it over and we are happy to share it with you today.

Have a great Valentine’s Day and make sure you all have lots of sweets, after all, isn’t that why we celebrate today?

Heart Shaped Samoa Cookies

{Thanks again to Connie Whitesides}

Ingredients

Cookie:

•  1 cup butter, soft                           •  1/2 cup sugar

•  2 cups all purpose flour              •  1/4 tsp baking powder

•  1/2 tsp salt                                     •  1/2 tsp vanilla extract 

•  approx. 2 tbsp milk

Topping:

•  3 cups shredded coconut, either sweetened or unsweetened.

•  12-oz Peters Caramel

•  1/4 tsp salt

•  3 tbsp milk

•  8 oz. dark Callebaut Snaps

Cookies:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt at a low speed, followed by the vanilla and milk, adding in the milk as needed to make the dough come together without being sticky (it’s possible you might not need to add milk at all). The dough should come together into a soft, not-too-sticky ball. Add in a bit of extra flour if your dough is very sticky.

Enjoy!