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Valentine’s Day is approaching fast!  We’ve just unveiled 2 new fun and delicious Valentine cookie bouquets for your sweetheart!

Our gourmet cookie bouquets are created from delicious butter creme cookies, baked fresh daily and professionally hand-decorated. Cookies are approximately 4-5″ tall, depending on shape.  Each bouquet is artfully arranged and carefully packaged for shipment to insure it arrives safely.

Our first new design really packs a punch!  Let your Valentine know you think they’re a real knockout!  We’ve decorated cookies shaped like boxing gloves, boxer shorts and heart for a unique and unforgettable gift!  Perfect for the hard-to-buy-for man in your life!

The next new bouquet is our “Sending My Love” cookie bouquet.  Sweetly decorated mailboxes, lips, hearts and an evelope sealed with a kiss make up this fun bouquet.  Whether your Valentine is near or far, go straight to their heart (or stomach!) with a delcious cookie bouquet!

Prices start at $28 and we ship them straight to their door!

• 1 cup butter

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 1 egg, beaten

• 2 tsp. vanilla

• 2 tsp. rum flavoring

• 3 cups flour

• 1 tsp. nutmeg

Cream together the butter and sugar.  Add the beaten egg, rum flavor and vanilla stirring together well.  Sift flour and nutmeg together and add to the wet ingredients. Sir until thoroughly combined. Shape dough into 1” balls and flatten slightly with either a fork or the bottom of a sugared glass. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes.

• Frosting

• 1 Tbsp. butter

• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

• 1 tsp. rum flavoring

• 2 cups powdered sugar

For the frosting, blend together the butter, vanilla, and rum flavoring. Slowly add the powdered sugar until you get the desired frosting consistency. Frost the cooled cookies and sprinkle each one with a bit of ground nutmeg.  Recipe makes 4 dozen iced cookies.

• 1 cup shortening

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1 cup white sugar

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1 1/2 cups flour

• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

• 1/2 tsp. soda

• 1 tsp. salt

• 2 cups oatmeal

• 2 cups coconut

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Cream the shortening and sugars together. Add the vanilla and beaten eggs stirring well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add to the wet ingredients mixing well. Finally add the oatmeal, coconut and walnuts stirring until thoroughly mixed. Bake at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes. Recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies.

• 1 1/2 lbs. chestnut

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. powdered ginger
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup blanched chopped almonds

Make a crisscross cut on the top of each chestnut. Cook in boiling water 20 minutes. Drain, cool, and peel. Mash the chestnuts very smooth; blend in the sugar, ginger, and cinnamon. Shape into walnut sized balls. Dip in the honey and roll in the nuts.