With All My Heart

Brown Butter Valentines

A Valentine Extravaganza

Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines
Brown Butter Valentines

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Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite “cookie” holidays. This year I decided to decorate my creations in a variety of ways to celebrate the sweet side of love ... and to let my inner Cupid out to express the joy of the day. I chose Brown Butter Cookies as my canvas because the flavor is nutty, complex, and irresistible — a lot like love itself.

“Variety is the spice of life.” William Cowper

To add to the variety “theme,” I brought out several different big and small cookie cutter shapes: whimsical (a skinny heart), elegant (a fluted heart), simple (a square), predictable (a perfect heart), and surprising (j-o-y). To my love-obsessed mind, each shape suggested a unique design, which was exactly what I was looking for.

P.S. I love you
The memory of your sweetness lingers on...
...in the intoxicating scent of brown-butter cookies and vanilla icing.

 

Cookie specifics

What I’ve learned...

These cookies were made with the best ingredients I could find and baked in a small batch of two dozen. I’ve experimented with less expensive ingredients, but have come to the conclusion that flavor is best when I use the best. Why spend all this time baking and decorating if taste and texture are just so-so? Decorating the cookies takes time, but it’s an enjoyable process for me and I know that those who receive them appreciate that. Life is just better when you can share something you love with someone you love. Don’t you agree?

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