Valentine’s Day Goodies

This morning my little “lovebug” and I hosted a small gathering of friends to make Valentine’s Day crafts.  We also spent a good part of the weekend making Valentine’s inspired snacks.  I took on a heart-shaped theme for our treats (shocker!) and I also tried to go with healthy but still tasty treats.valentine's snacks

The first treat we made were Spritz Cookies.  I’ve had a cookie press for years and have hardly ever used it so though it was a great opportunity since I have a heart shaped plate.  I found a recipe that called for pumpkin puree and substituted strawberry puree instead and also omitted the spices and cut down the sugar to come up with this recipe (roughly, I’m not a strict measurer!) and the girls really loved helping me with the cookie press!

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup straweberry puree
  • 1 egg
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon saltstrawberry cookies

 

One of the things I really miss from Ireland is the scones so once in awhile I make them at home.  The recipe I use (in Craic in the Kitchen, published by the American Women’s Club of Dublin) calls for sultanas (golden raisins) but I’m not a big raisin fan so I make mine cherry coconut and used whole wheat flour this time.  Sugarplum helped me measure out all the ingredients, mix up the dough and cut the scones into baby hearts.

  • 1/2 lb whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 oz butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • Cherries, chopped
  • Dried coconutcherry coconut scones

 

I also made watermelon hearts and strawberry hearts.  For the watermelon I sliced it pretty thin and then used a cookie cutter to cut hearts.  For the strawberries, I cut the stem out in a ‘V’ shape then sliced the sides off (which I pureed for the spritz cookies) and cut the remaining part into 2 pieces–not perfect hearts, but still delicious!heart fruit

Our beverage was a simple Strawberry Lemonde Spritzer, a mix of sparkling water, strawberry puree and fresh squeezed lemon juice.strawberry lemonade spritzer

Pin it!Valentine's Day treats and snacks. Yummy and easy to make, even kids can help. Perfect for any Valentine's Day Party.

 

2 Comments

  1. RUTH February 9, 2018
    • Melissa February 15, 2018