Mike's Valentine's Day Cookie Surprise
Mike's Valentine's Day Cookie Surprise

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's valentine's day cookie surprise. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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A few weeks ago my boyfriend, Mike, took me on a day trip and what I thought was just a fun adventure that included cupcakes, turned into something much more…and I'm happy to share with our readers on Valentine's Day. After an evening visiting Mike's brother, Joe, for his birthday, and a lovely hotel stay in Collegetown, our fun day. When planning Mike's party I knew I wanted the invitations to be something clean, simple and masculine, because that's Mike's style. Our kringle dough is made with European style butter that gives our kringle that great buttery taste.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's valentine's day cookie surprise using 24 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook it.

  1. Take Cookies And Kitchen Items
  2. Take 1 box Double Stuffed Oreos
  3. Take 1 box Peanut Butter Oreos
  4. Prepare 1 box Large Keebler Chocolate Chip Cookies
  5. Make ready 12 oz Semi Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips
  6. Take 12 oz Semi Sweet Regular Chocolate Chips
  7. Make ready 12 oz Semi Sweet White Chocolate Chips
  8. Make ready 12 oz Semi Sweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips
  9. Prepare 12 oz Bag Sliced Almonds
  10. Make ready 12 oz Bag Crushed Toffee
  11. Take 12 oz Bag Crushed Peppermint Candies
  12. Take 1 Bottle Assorted Holiday Candy Toppers
  13. Prepare 1 Roll Parchment Or Wax Paper
  14. Make ready 4 Ceramic Or Glass Bowls
  15. Take 4 small Squeezable Bottles, Ziplock Or Frosting Piping Bags
  16. Take 1 Plate Per Each Garnishment
  17. Get 1 can Shortening
  18. Take 1 Plastic Spatula
  19. Make ready 1 box Cookie Sticks
  20. Get 1 bunch Festive Holiday Cupcake Holders Or Tins
  21. Make ready 1 box Clear Wrapers [if making cookies on a stick]
  22. Make ready 1 box Ties Or Ribbons [if making cookies on a stick]
  23. Take 12 Long Pointed Scewers [for dipping cookies that won't be on a stick]
  24. Take 1 box Food Coloring Jels

Michael, or Michaelmas, the oldest of all the angel feasts and one that always earned me a phone call (and when I was little, some money too) from my Nonna. He gets back on Valentine's Day. I think these cookies will be the perfect treat/surprise for him on his return! I too have a favorite childhood Valentine's Day cookie recipe.

  1. First, know that you can use any type of cookie of your partners fancy. Just make certain that they're not soft or weak cookies that will dissolve once dipped in warm chocolate.
  2. Second, know you also have the option of dipping and decorating strawberries, bananas and cherries with this same recipe.
  3. Have all chocolates and shortening at room temperature.
  4. Make certain you kitchen is at a nominal temperature. 65° to 69°. A source of ventilation [ceiling fan] wouldn't hurt either since your cookies won't go into the fridge, they'll cool and harden on the counter.
  5. You'll need everything ready to go before you start melting your chocolates, especially if you're going this alone. Know where everything is before you need it since once the chocolates are melted, the process goes pretty quick. It's helpful to set up your counter assembly line style.
  6. Have all utensils at the ready.
  7. Lay flat several large pieces of wax or parchment paper throughout your kitchen.
  8. Crush or chop all cookie garnishments and place on individual plates.
  9. Have all boxes, bottles or bags open and ready.
  10. If you're making any cookies on a stick, have those already attached together.
  11. It's very important that your bowls be glass or ceramic for heat control, distribution and cooling.
  12. Add 2 tbs shortening [added for chocolate to achieve a tempered like sheen] to each glass or ceramic bowl and add each 12 oz package of chocolate chips to them. Know that you'll only be working on one type of chocolate at a time. A batch of dark chocolates first, white cookies second, etc., etc.
  13. Place one glass bowl with chips and shortening in the microwave at 50% strength/output and set time for 1 - 2 minutes. Watch your heating chips very carefully. Mix chocolate regularly.
  14. Ideally, you will only want your chips to melt at their edges. You'll use the residual heat in your glass bowl and the friction of your spatula to finish melting your chocolate. Do not overheat your chocolate or get any water into it. That will destroy it.
  15. Now you can start dipping your cookies or strawberries. If dipping fruit, make certain they are clean and dry.
  16. Dip and place on parchment paper. Decorate and let cool and dry. Reserve your leftover chocolate for decorations.
  17. Start your next batch of chocolate in a clean bowl water free and follow the same steps as the last batch.
  18. Now that you have two different colored cookies, you can use both to lightly drizzle on each other for decoration.
  19. Continue to heat up your other chocolates, decorate and allow your cookies to set up.
  20. Authors Note: You can get some extra milage out of your white chocolate by adding some food coloring jels to it. [pink, red, purple]
  21. Place cooled and firm cookies in festive paper cups.

I think these cookies will be the perfect treat/surprise for him on his return! I too have a favorite childhood Valentine's Day cookie recipe. My mom would only make them for Valentine's Day and made them extra special by creating one for each. Sonny found a way to let go and even received a special gift once his dad was gone. It always bothered Mike that he never got Sonny the bicycle he promised, so Mike came through in the end.

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