Strawberry Heart Shaped Cookies
Strawberry Heart-Shaped Cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day. They have an almond flour base covered with creamy white chocolate and freeze-dried strawberry powder.
The inspiration behind this recipe was this dreamy cake from my childhood, which is my favourite! A simple sponge cake filled with freshly whipped cream and strawberries. The perfect cookie with whipped cream is hard to make, so the smooth white chocolate was the closest sidekick to the strawberry. It is so easy to make, and the kids can help you with the cutting and decoration. Strawberry Heart Shaped Cookies are sugar cookies with a twisted, nuttier, fruitier, and chocolatier touch that is perfect for your Valentin!
Almond Cookie Base
The bottom cookie is simple, dry, a bit like a sugar cookie, but made with almond powder and flour. It’s a low-sugar cookie because the white chocolate topping will do the job. The most crucial step is to let it rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to cut the heart shapes, but one hour would be the ultimate. From there, the kids can step in and cut out the hearts, paint them with the egg wash, and decorate them. Great project for the family on Valentine’s Day!
The Ultimate Combo
This is what makes those cookies special! White chocolate is already a pretty bold flavour-wise. As for the strawberries, there is no way a fresh strawberry would work with all its water… So, what tastes about three times as strong as fresh strawberries? Freeze-dried strawberries! Bingo! Plus, being a mom of minis, we all have these dried fruit sachets lying in the pantry, right? Otherwise, it’s easy to find anywhere in the baby food section. Pick a simple freeze-dried raspberry or strawberry bag, and you have a powerful ingredient to finish those yummy cookies!
I tried to mix the freeze-dried strawberries inside the cookie batter at first, but I wouldn’t say I liked the colour it turned, and the flavour wasn’t too present. However, adding it to the top brings a lovely red colour and bold taste!
A Kid-Friendly Recipe
Make those little chefs proud of their cookies! I love cooking with my boy! This way, he always eats double when he does it himself! Of course, it’s a given for a cookie recipe, but make him participate in the dinner salad preparation, and you’ll see… when they do it themselves, they can unblock from certain meals by magic!
Tempering of White Chocolate
To melt and temper the white chocolate, I recommend a bain-marie for best results. A small saucepan with barely simmering water underneath an oversized glass or metallic bowl. This way, you won’t burn your chocolate as quickly, and it will melt without problems. Otherwise, if you melt your chocolate directly in a saucepan, do it gently and turn constantly to prevent a catastrophe.
You can use any chocolate, whether chips or an actual bar. Be careful to choose chocolate made of cacao butter, sugar, and nothing else. Otherwise, you won’t get the silky finish you need.
Once melted, stir occasionally until the chocolate is cooler (30°C or 87°F). Once the cookies are cold, you are ready to decorate them! A trick to know if your chocolate is ready to go: dip a small spoon in it and let it sit on the counter for 5 minutes; if it has hardened, it’s ready. You are all set!
Heart Strawberry and White Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
The Cookie Batter
- 200 g white flour
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 80 g white sugar
- 80 g almond powder
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
Eggwash
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp water
Toppings
- 150 g white chocolate
- 12 g freeze dried strawberry powder
- sparkles optional
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients for the cookie batter in a large bowl: flour, almond powder, and baking powder.
- Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla extract, water, and yolk until homogenous, either by hand or in a stand mixer.
- Pour slowly the flour mixture in.
- Reserve the cookie batter in a plastic wrap in the refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- Take out the cookie batter on a clean surface, and cut it into two. Then lightly flour the working space and, with the help of a rolling pin, make a flat sheet of 3mm thickness.
- Cut the cookies with a heart cookie cutter (5cm or 1-1/2in), and add them to a baking sheet or parchment paper.
- Make the egg wash and brush on each cookie.
- Bake on a large baking sheet for 8-10 minutes at 180°C (350°F) (2-3 batches).
- Melt the white chocolate (technique above in post) in a bain-marie and let rest 5-10 minutes while the last cookies are in the oven.
- Make a powder with the freeze-dried strawberries in a mortar or sealed bag.
- Let the last cookie batch cool for 5-10 minutes before decorating with white chocolate, strawberry powder, another layer of white chocolate and sprinkles.
- Let them cool down for 5-10 minutes before eating.
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These look so pretty, and they sound so delicious. I can’t wait to make them!
Glad to hear that!
These turned out so well! Making them again for Valentine’s Day
The way to someone’s heart…
I made these cookies with the kids over the weekend and they were so fun! The kids love them!
kid-friendly cookies indeed!
These are so fun, festive and fabulous!
They are! Thanks for stopping by.
How cute are these?! Perfect to celebrate the day of love with!
Exact!
Love this combo of strawberries and white chocolate in the cookies – absolutely delicious!
How sweet! I know my husband would love a few of these on Valentine’s Day. I bet that dried strawberry powder really adds a pop of flavour and it looks pretty too!
Oh these strawberry white chocolate cookies look gorgeous and perfect for the valentine’s day celebrations!
Thanks!
how cute are these Strawberry & White Chocolate Cookies!! they totally saved the day for my DD’s bake sale. everyone loved it and was SOLD out!
The sweetest little cookies. We are making them for my daughters birthday as she wants to share them with her friends.
This is going to make some hearts whole!
very nice recipe. Love this combination of white chocolate and strawberry. Can we make this strawberry powder at home by drying strawberries?
Of course! You can use a dehydrator or an Air fryer. No problem!