I would say I nailed the heart design 😍😍Ok…maybe not but I vow to practice everyday, multiple times a day….🤭We have not had an espresso machine since before we became fulltime RVers. Our last one didn’t last long enough for me to get good at latte art. #christmasgift #latte #coffee #espresso #latteart #nailedit #espressomachine #homemade
I’m going to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of any “Hallmark” holiday. I didn’t like it as a single person and I still don’t like it married. I think it’s quite goofy that your S.O. is expected to buy you flowers or chocolate or some other gift and you feel overjoyed and loved that they bought you something that they are forced to by you and vice versa. However….I do love an excuse to make heart shaped treats for my kids 😂. Could I make them in July? Ya, of course, but it’s not the same. So here I am living up this Hallmark holiday. These bite sized cookies are actually an animal cracker cookie recipe 🥰Recipe:1 stick butter (room temp)1/4 cup sugar1 egg1/2 tsp vanilla 2 Tbsp honey1/2 tsp salt1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 1/2 cups flour Cream the butter and sugar together, add everything else except the flour. Then slowly mix in the flour until a dough ball forms. Roll your dough out on parchment paper to 1/4 inch thick. Chill your flattened dough for at-least 30 minutes. After your dough has chilled, use any cookie cutter to cut out your shapes. Bake at 350 until golden brown. Frosting:1/2 stick butter (room temp)1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp heavy creamCream butter, slowly add powdered sugar, add heavy cream a little at a time until you get the consistency you want. These can be dangerous, anything bite sized is way too easy to eat! #valentines #valentinesday #valentinesdaytreats #cookies #bitesizedesserts #bitesizecookies #treats #cookie #frosting #buttercream #buttercreamcookies #love #holiday
Save this recipe for your next pastry craving!
It is insanely easy, quick, and deliciously flaky! I used my chilled sourdough discard but if you don't have a sourdough starter you can use cold water instead (see note at the bottom).
Recipe:
95g All purpose flour
100g sourdough discard
120g salted butter (chilled, divided in half)
In one bowl, mash the butter until it's smooth. Once smooth wrap it up in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge. In another bowl add the flour, discard, and rest of the butter. Mix until it forms a dough ball, don't over mix. Put it in plastic wrap and chill for 10 minutes.
Take both dough and butter out, roll out the dough into a rectangle about 1/8th of an inch thick. Use parchment paper on the top of the dough so that it doesn't stick to the rolling pin. Try not to add any extra flour, otherwise it might result in a drier pastry. Roll out the butter into a thin rectangle about the size of half the dough. I rolled the butter in the plastic wrap so that it didn't stick to the rolling pin. Place the butter on one half of the dough and fold the other side of the dough over it. Fold the sides to meet in the middle and then fold again to create a small square. Wrap it up in plastic wrap and chill for 10-15 minutes.
Roll the dough out into a rectangle and fold like you did before. Chill again for 10-15 minutes.
You can either repeat this process 1-3 more times or you can use it at this point. I rolled mine out 3 times total before I baked. Once you are ready to use it, roll it out to the thickness you like (mine was 1/4 inch thick before baking. I covered the tops with a cranberry compote and brushed an egg wash on the edges before I baked them, then sprinkled powdered sugar on the tops after they cooled a bit.
They are so good and easy to make.
*If you don't have sourdough discard, replace it with cold water, and add the water a little at a time until the dough is for
