As Valentineâs Day is fast approaching, we  thought weâd share the love with some Valentineâs inspiration. Follow these 10 simple steps to create delicious biscuits your Valentine will love:
![Valentines inspiration](https://blog.snapfish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/edited-11.jpg)
Ingredients for biscuitsÂ
- 100g soft unsalted butter
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 medium free-range egg (lightly beaten)
- 275g plain flour
- 1tsp vanilla
Ingredients for decoratingÂ
- 225g icing sugar
- 2-3tbsp water
- 3-4Â drops of food colouring
- Fun decorations
Method
1. Preheat your oven to 190C / 375F /Gas 5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper
2. Cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl.
3. Gradually beat in the vanilla extract and egg, until the mixture is well combined.
4. Sift the flour into the mixture, and stir until it comes together as a dough.
5. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of around 1cm.
![Valentine's inspiration](https://blog.snapfish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_0521.jpg)
6. Use your heart shaped biscuit cutters to cut biscuit out of the dough and place carefully onto your baking tray.
7. Bake your biscuits in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until pale golden brown.
![Valentine's inspiration](https://blog.snapfish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_0530.jpg)
8. Set your biscuits on a cooling rack for 10 minutes.
9. Once your biscuits are cool enough to decorate; make the icing. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, and gradually add the water (you do not want your icing too runny). Mix in your food colouring.
10. Use a knife to spread the icing onto the biscuits, and have fun decorating with your Valentines initials, love hearts, 100âs and 1000âs â you choose !
TOP TIP: Keep adding drops of food colouring to your icing, so you have a range of different shades.Â
![Valentine's inspiration](https://blog.snapfish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_0554.jpg)
To create the perfect paid of presents, make your Valentine a personalised photo mug, so once theyâve eaten the biscuits they have a gift that keeps on giving!
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