ONE SWEET COOKIE: A VALENTINE’S DAY DIY

Sandwich your top cookie on top and you are done! A red heart of jam should appear in the middle of your cookie.

Cut out your circles with your circular cutter of choice. I like to use the fluted edge cutter, but you can use any kind you would like.

Using you small heart cutter, carefully cut out the hearts in the middle of HALF your cookies, and put them in the empty spaces on your baking sheets

Dust powdered sugar over your top cookies. This will prevent the sugar from getting in your jam later

After all your cookies have cooled, pipe your berry jam into the centers.

We got to chat with Olivia - some of you may know her from her blog, Liv Sweet. Others may know her awesome mom, HJ, designer of IMOGA – a fan-favorite amongst friends of petitePARADE Kids Fashion Week.

Over the seasons (and there have been many) we’ve heard all about Olivia baking up a powdered sugar storm in the kitchen. From macaroons to mini-cakes and everything in between – the mini pastry chef, shares what goes into her perfection-of-confection with this heart-shaped linzer cookie recipe.

Oh, and we’ve found a few Valentine’s Day inspired looks for your little sweetheart to keep warm this Sunday.  

With Love, #petitePARADE

From Burberry - With Love

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From Rachel Riley, With Love

From IMOGA, With Love

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: 2 cups of All Purpose Flour ½ tsp of Salt 1 cup of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature ½ cup of Granulated Sugar 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract ½ cup of Strawberry Jam

Let's Get To Mixing: 

1) In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the sugar and butter, add the vanilla and mix for a few more seconds.

2) Add the flour mixture and mix until your mixture forms a dough.

3) Dump the dough on a floured surface and pull it together in a disk. Wrap it in plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for about 45 minutes.

4) Roll out the dough to about ¼ inch thick on a floured surface and using a cookie cutter cut into desired shape, making sure that half of the cookies have a little cut out in the center so the jam can show through when they are assembled.

5) Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and chill them in the fridge for another 30 minutes.

6) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, bake the cookies for about 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown around the edges, let them cool completely.

7) Smear a little jam on one cookie and top it with another cookie making sure the top cookie has a little cut out so the jam shows through. Sprinkle with confectioner sugar and enjoy!

(Liv's DIY Recipe originally from: http://www.laurainthekitchen.com/recipes/linzer-cookies/)