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Valentine Giveaway with Tate’s Bake Shop

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Have I got something sweet for you today! How about a stack of chocolate chip cookies and a brand spankin’ new cookbook from Tate’s Bake Shop? Give the lovely loot to your Valentine, or be a cheeky little cherub and keep them all to yourself. I won’t tell..

Tate’s cookies you have just got to try – they’re crisp and buttery, with a scrumptious flavor that’s straight from grandma’s kitchen. One is never enough. Matter of fact, neither is two, or three or four!

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Thanks to Tate’s, one lucky winner will receive three boxes of their chocolate chip cookies, and the Tate’s Bake Shop “Baking for Friends” cookbook written by the owner, Kathleen King.

The cookbook is a real treat for the eyes and rich with easy, delicious recipes like apple crumb muffins, raspberry rhubarb pie, cherry chip cake (above), and strawberry whipped cream.

Below, you can find details on how to enter the giveaway and the Tate’s recipe for Linzer Heart Cookies, just in time for the heart-shaped holiday!

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One Winner Will Receive:

The Valentine’s Cookie & Cookbook Combo

Includes…

3 boxes of Tate’s famous chocolate chip cookies

1 cookbook: Kathleen King’s Tate’s Bake Shop: Baking for Friends

To Enter:

Leave a comment telling me how you’re spending this Valentines Day!

For Extra Entries:

(please leave separate comments for each)

Follow The Comfort of Cooking on Facebook

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Mention this giveaway on Pinterest or follow me

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You can also purchase the Valentine’s combo on the Tate’s Bake Shop website and save an additional 20% off any purchase using the code BLOG213 at checkout.

One winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Friday, February 8. Here’s hoping you’ll be a lucky one!

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Print Recipe

Tate’s Bake Shop Linzer Heart Cookies

Yield: Makes 20 sandwich cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1 cup cornstarch

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ pound (3 sticks) salted butter, at room temperature

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

1 large egg, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups toasted, skinned and very finely chopped hazelnuts*

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, very finely chopped*

Filling and Topping

½ cup seedless raspberry jam

½ cup confectioners’ sugar for sifting

Directions:

Sift the flour, cornstarch, and salt into a medium bowl. In a large bowl, beat the butter and confectioners’ sugar with an electric mixer set on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Beat in the egg and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low speed, mix in the flour mixture, just until combined. Mix in the hazelnuts and chocolate.

Gather up the dough and shape it into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours. (The dough can be refrigerated for up to 1 day. Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften slightly before rolling.)

Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a round about ¼-inch thick. Use a 3 ½-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies as close as possible to avoid excess scraps. Arrange the hearts about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Gather up the dough scraps and gently knead together, and cut out more cookies. If the dough becomes too soft to roll out, refrigerate until chilled. You should have 40 cookies. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Position the oven racks in the top third and center of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F.

Use a 1-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the centers of 20 cookies. These will be the cookie tops. (You can bake the mini hearts to nibble on later! Don’t throw away or re-roll.) Bake, switching the position of the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking, until the cookies begin to brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Sift some of the ½ cup of confectioners’ sugar over the hot cut-out cookies Let cool completely on the baking sheets.

Spread the jam on the cookie bottoms, leaving an 1/8-inch border around the edges. Add the tops, sugared sides up, and press together gently. Just before serving, sift the remaining confectioners’ sugar over the cookies.

Enjoy!

Important Tip: Be sure to chop the nuts and chocolate very fine in a food processor (pulse to chop so the friction doesn’t warm them), or the dough will be too rough-textured to roll out smoothly. You need a graduated set of heart-shaped cookie cutters to make these.

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Recipe courtesy of Tate’s Bake Shop: Baking for Friends Cookbook


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  5. I will spend Valentine’s Day at home with my husband, daughter and granddaughter. Our second oldest son was born on Valentine’s Day so I will send him a cake.

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  7. This year my husband and I will be spending valentines with with my best friend and her husband as it’s her 50th birthday. Going out to dinner to celebrate!

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  28. We’ll be spending Valentine’s Day at home! I’ll make a special heart themed breakfast for my daughter….always involving sprinkles! We’ll have a delicious dinner that night with something chocolatey for dessert. I may wait until I put my daughter to bed to have this special dinner just for my husband and I.

    Michele West – michele_n77@yahoo.com

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  36. I’ll be spending it the way I have the past few years, getting together with some of my single girlfriends, going to Godiva, and we each buy a box of truffles for a different girl!

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  43. We always make a heart shaped meatloaf, and then a special dessert. It’s a tradition that we had in my house growing up, and I’m happy to pass it along to our family.

    I’ve been dying to try Tate’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, as Ina is always raving about them. She has an icebox cake that uses them that I’ve been wanting to try for years now! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  48. I follow you on FB. We will watch the sunset on the Gulf of Mexico and go out for our favorite dinner..toasting to many years to come for us. Haven’t seen the sunset time yet so don’t know if dinner will be before or after it. ;o) Thank you so much to you and Tate’s Back Shop for making the giveaway possible. It is appreciated.

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  60. I’ll be spending Valentine’s Day with my beautiful 2 year old daughter. My hubby (her Daddy) passed away in June and he’ll be with us in spirit. God bless!

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  61. Nothing too special – I’ll be at home with my husband and kiddos. Low key is fine by me – just expressing our love for each other is enough.

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  66. I’m still undecided for Valentine’s plans…the boyfriend and I are still undecided between going out or cooking a romantic dinner at home! :)

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  85. Thank you so much for offering such a lovely and generous giveaway. I will be spending Valentine’s Day at home.

    Cindy Aiton
    clogzilla(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  90. I’d be spending my Valentine’s making red velvet cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream. And homemade chocolate candies filled with caramel. All for my special someone. Yum!

    Oh, and I also followed you on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. You can contact me at Twitter — @AubreyAngeles. :)

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  94. I will be spending Valentine’s Day in WA with my husband, sister, and brother-in-law in a cabin. Sis and I are getting massages while the boys ski!

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  96. Looks like a fun and delicious cookbook! Perfect timing for Valentine’s Day as I’d love to bake a few batches of tasty cookies to give to friends and family as Valentines….okay, okay, I’d give some to my bf, too.. ;)

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  106. My husband has a late meeting this day so it will just be a regular day at work/ night at home for me! I will probably eat some V-day candy to celebrate, though.

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  118. I am going to be in a meeting all night! How romantic right??? I also, liked you on facebook, followed you on pinterest and on twitter!

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  120. Well, tomorrow I will order a dress and a leggings for myself that I have been wanting ever since, on February 13th I have my last exam and on Valentines Day I will definitely enjoy my free time with some new clothes and some cookies, and muffins, and cake, and… whatever I can whip up. On my own. Here we go, single life.

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  128. I will be working a 12 hour shift, but will spend the rest of the evening with my husband, baby boy, and mother-in-law. Not the most romantic valentine’s day.

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