This is how my Wednesday started: I was deep in thought during my morning commute drive.
Deep in thoughts filled of cookies and Valentine’s day. (Wouldn’t the world would be a little more peaceful if more people shared my thoughts!?)
Originally I thought of making chocolate dipped graham crackers, somehow incorporating a surprise , then making them valentinesy.
Hmm…
Then I thought about sugar cookies and those cute cookie cutters I bought last year with good intentions…
Eventually I got to these cookies.
They are really pretty easy to pull together.
Each finished cookie is composed of 3 cookies (hey, they’re small and after all, it’s Valentine’s Day).
The center cookie is hollowed out (prior to baking) and filled with a surprise. Everyone loves surprises.
After you have dipped the cookies in CandiQuik that will be used for the tops and bottoms…
Pipe, top, fill, pipe, top with final cookie. Voila.
No one will ever know.
They might just wonder why you are giving them a 3-in-1 cookie.
Feel free to make any shape your heart desires. I just thought the little love letter envelopes and hearts were adorable.
- COOKIES:
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- DECORATION:
- 1 package Vanilla CANDIQUIK® Coating
- Assorted candy, Biscoff Spread, Nutella, etc. (to fill cookies)
- Edible marker (ex: Americolor Gourmet Writer)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Roll out dough on a well-floured surface approx. ¼ inch thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutter. For the middle cookies: cut into shapes and cut a hole in the center of the dough.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Cool completely.
- Melt Vanilla Candiquik according to package directions. Dip the front side of each top & bottom cookie in Candiquik. Place on wax paper to set. (Leave middle cookies uncoated.)
- Place remaining Candiquik in a piping bag or plastic bag with one corner cut off.
- Pipe Candiquik around the edge of the bottom cookie; press middle cookie on top: fill with assorted candy or desired spread; pipe Candiquik around the edge of the middle cookie and press on the top cookie.
- To create envelope decoration: pipe Candiquik as shown in the photo. Decorate with edible markers.
You could fill your cookies with Mini M&M’s or really any small candy… but let me give you a few other ideas:
ya’ll know I love Biscoff…
Any Nutella fans out there?
Sprinkles are dang cute, too.
Or buttercream frosting, ooh – frosting would be good!
What would you fill your cookies with?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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These are a great idea! I love the surprise.
Super cute idea!
Thanks much!!
So cute!!! Definitely might make these for vday!
What a cool idea! I’d fill mine with chocolate frosting. The chocolate frosting, cookie and candy coating = heaven!!!
Hi Kendra! That sounds awesome
Super cute idea!!
Thanks so much!
Could you please convert into grams as I’m Italian and would like to prepare your bisquits! Think you so much!!!
How fun! These are pretty and want a great use of the candy over royal icing. The dry time is greatly reduced. Pinned! Love this! Thanks so much for sharing at Pint Sized Baker for Two Cup Tuesday!
Very cute and so fun to get a treat in your cookie!
I’m not sure if I love these most because they’re cute or because each cookie is actually three cookies in one.
Thanks for linking up to What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Ha, thanks Karly!
These are SO creative! I cannot get over how perfect they are. I would LOVE eating one and finding all different little surprises inside. The biscoff and nutella ideas are genius.
Thanks so much, Sally! Me too, I thought about stuffing them with money, but money is not so sanitary, lol.
Hi! your blog is beautiful! this cookies for san valentino’s day …wow!! kisses
Aww, thank you so much, Julia! Thanks for stopping by