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.
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