melt a heart with melting moments
In case you missed it (insert *eyeroll), today is Valentine’s Day. And yesterday was Galentine’s Day. I figured that it’s a bit late in the day to provide content about love and hearts and valentines. But a couple of little tidbits about relationships wouldn’t go astray, even this late in the day, would it?
So, my best relationship advice is: 'Make sure you're the crazy one.'
But seriously, Valentine’s is all about those sweet little gestures from a loved one, and in my opinion there's nothing sweeter than hearing a man say those three little words . . . . . . . "You were right."
Speaking of sweet, I thought today is a good day to share one of my all time favourite sweet treats.
The delectable Melting Moments are the perfect Valentine indulgence... they’re buttery and soft and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
And if you still have a few more hours to impress yourself or a Valentine, you could whip these up in a matter of moments to melt your/his/her heart. (Did you see what I did there?)
Here’s my no fail recipe:
Ingredients
250g unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
2 cups plain flour
1/3 cup cornflour
Passionfruit filling
60g butter, softened
1 large passionfruit
1 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
Lemon Curd filling (optional extra layer of deliciousness, which I include in my batch)
See recipe here.
Method
Preheat oven to 160°C.
Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
Using an electric mixer, cream butter, vanilla and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
Sift flours over butter mixture.
Beat on low speed until a soft dough forms.
Roll heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture into small balls.
Place on trays.
Using a fork dipped in flour, lightly flatten each biscuit until 1cm thick.
Bake for 15 minutes or until firm.
Cool on trays for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the passionfruit filling:
Using an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy.
Stir in passionfruit pulp and icing sugar.
Spread flat side of 1 biscuit with 1 teaspoon filling. (This is where you can add the layer of lemon curd)
Top with another biscuit.
Dust with icing sugar.
Serve and melt a heart!
