Valentine's Biscuits with Chocolate Butter

100g All Things Butter Chocolate Butter
150g caster sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
200g plain flour
Jar of seedless raspberry or strawberry jam (use whatever you’d like!)

Step 1

Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Step 2

Add the flour and gently fold together until combined.

Step 3

Shape the dough into a ball and flatten. Put the disc of dough onto a pre-floured sheet of parchment paper. The dough should be around 5mm thick. Once shaped, carefully transfer onto a baking tray and pop into the fridge for 10 minutes to firm.

Step 4

Remove from the fridge and press out your biscuits using a jar or wine glass. You’ll need around 16 biscuit tops and 16 biscuit bases. When separated, use a heart-shaped cutter to cut out a hole in the middle of the biscuit tops.

Step 5

Once the shapes are cut, arrange on two baking sheets and pop back into the fridge for approx 10 minutes.

Step 6

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Bake the biscuits for 7 minutes, then take out of the oven and sprinkle with caster sugar. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes.

Step 7

Allow the biscuits to cool fully on a wire rack. When cool, spread the bottoms with jam and cover with the top, heart-cut out biscuits, sandwiching them together.