Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching! What can you do for that special person in your life to show them how much you care? How about breakfast in bed or a homemade treat?  Need help deciding what to fix? Valentine Delights Cookbook is filled with recipes that will help you prepare anywhere from a single drink to a full Valentine-themed meal for your sweetheart.  This book also provides Valentine poetry as well as information about the Language of Flowers to help you pick just the right flower to portray your feelings.

Karen shares one of the recipes from her cookbook  below for you to try.  For more information or to purchase this cookbook from Karen’s Bookstore, click here.

Valentine Delights Cookbook

A Collection of Valentine Recipes

Cookbook Delights Series

     More than any other time of the year, St. Valentine’s Day fills our hearts and minds with special feelings of tenderness and appreciation for that special person in our lives. We enjoy doing something out of the ordinary that shows our loved one that we truly value them and are pleased with who they are.  In Valentine Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 260 exciting Valentine recipes and some charming ideas on the subject to titillate the romantic and creative imagination in us all.  Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this special day’s history, folklore, symbols, and much more.  With recipes using readily available ingredients, Valentine Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef’s bookshelf.

     6 x 9, 324 pp., featuring a durable, full-color cover in a variety of bindings.  Whispering Pine Press International, Inc., Your Northwest Book and Gift Company © 2010.

 Hearts Filled with Love

      These jelly-filled heart cookies are very flavorful and are a beautiful addition to a cookie tray.

Ingredients:

  2½ c. flour

  1    tsp. baking powder

  ½   tsp. salt

  1    c. butter

  1    c. sugar

  1    egg, beaten well

  2    Tbs. evaporated milk

  1½ tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

1.  In large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. Cream together butter and sugar.
3. Stir in egg, milk, and vanilla.
4. Add flour mixture, mix well into a dough.
5. Chill overnight before using.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
7. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough.
8. With a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out an even amount of shapes as you need two for each cookie.
9. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
10. When cooled, assemble cookies by placing a teaspoon of jelly on top of a cookie; cover with another cookie.

Did You Know? . . . .

     Did you know that during medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St. Valentine’s Day to have a dream of their future husband?