Heart-Shaped Citrus Almond Valentine’s Cookies
Cakes & Cookies · Dessert · Maison Mirabeau Wines · Provencal Recipes · TasteMaybe it’s a bit cliché to bake pink, citrus, almond heart-shaped cookies for Valentine’s Day…but then again why not? And, while you are at it pop the cork on a bottle of pink bubbly from Provence like our La Folie sparkling rosé.

Valentine's heart-shaped cookies
We’ve got a super easy and oh-so-pretty cookie recipe: heart-shaped citrus cookies with blood orange icing. In season and naturally pink! It’s the perfect sweet treat to enjoy with your partner or your gals.
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 300 g (11oz) flour
- 50 g (1.8 oz) ground almonds
- 100 g (3.5 oz) icing sugar
- 75 g (2.6 oz) unsalted butter
- 1 eggs large
- 20 g (.7 oz) olive oil
- a pinch of Salt
- Zest from 1 Organic Orange or blood orange
- Zest from 1 Organic Lemon
- 1 tsp orange juice or blood orange
- 1 tsp lemon juice
For the Icing:
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 tbsp blood orange juice
Instructions
Prepare the cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 170°C (350°F).
- In a bowl, cream together butter, icing sugar, olive oil, zest and juices (you can use a stand-up mixer fitted with the paddle attachment).
- Incorporate egg, then add the flour, ground almonds and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Roughly flatten the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Dust your work surface with flour.
- Roll out the dough into 0.5cm (1/4 in) thickness.
- Cut out cookies using a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place the hearts on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Place on a wire rack to cool.
Prepare the icing:
- In a bowl, mix icing sugar with blood orange juice until it becomes a paste. You don’t want it too thick. If too thick, add some more juice. If too liquid, thicken it with more icing sugar.
- Once the cookies are cool, spread some icing evenly on top (you can use a toothpick to push the icing to the borders and create a nice heart shape).
- Leave to set for 1 hour.
- Enjoy these festive treats with some bubbly!
Notes
Tip: we’ve added some edible gold dust to the blood orange icing to create the shimmery orange icing
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Valentine’s Menu Ideas
Valentine’s Day Menu from Provence
Chef’s Menu for Valentine’s Day
Additional Cookie Recipes:
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are undoubtedly English. But they are particularly appreciated by the French and often found among the tempting sweets in some bakeries. In Paris, they can be found almost everywhere, from local bakeries to fine patisseries. There are even have addresses selling only cookies now (Scoop Me a Cookie, Laura Todd Cookies, La Fabrique Cookies,..). In order to delight you during cold autumn/winter nights, here is an unbeatable recipe for these sweet treats!
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Madeleines
These little sweet treats are not quite cookies and not quite cakes. Easy to make and hard to keep in stock.
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Chocolate Sea Salt Shortbread
Chocolate Sablés with Fleur de Sel. Shortbread is called sablé because the texture is a little crumbly like sand. Warning! This delicious cookie a combination of dark chocolate and sea salt might be hard to keep around your kitchen for very long.
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