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Grandma's Valentine's Day Recipes Make Beautiful Cakes, Cookies And Candies For Your Valentine

Searching for Valentine dessert recipes? Well, you have come to the right place! Grandma's old-fashioned Valentine cakes, candies, chocolates and cookies are perfect for serving at your St. Valentine's Day party or for gift giving.

The old time treats made from these Valentine day recipes are delicious, affordable, and very easy to prepare. In fact, they are so good tasting, you will enjoy eating them on any occasion.

Why not try some of these vintage Valentine recipes and party ideas today? Your family and guests will love them.

The History Of Valentine's Day

The history of St. Valentine's Day is uncertain. Some believe its origin lies with two martyrs of the early Christian church. Both saints were named Valentine, and both were recorded as being beheaded on February 14th, about A.D. 269, during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Claudius II. It's said that one of these men, a priest, was executed for secretly marrying young couples in defiance of the emperor's edict that young, single men destined for the army not marry.

Over two centuries later in A.D. 496, Saint Pope Gelasius I named February 14th as St. Valentine’s Day.

There is evidence that St. Valentine's Day was first celebrated in England in the 1400s. It's on record that the first valentine was sent by a Frenchman named Charles, the Duke of Orleans. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London after the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, and he sent his wife an affectionate letter in rhyming verse from his prison cell.

Men often gave gifts to their valentines, but the sending of romantic poems soon became more popular. Commercial valentine cards were first manufactured in the early 1800s and were hand-painted and decorated with fine satin, feathers, ribbon or lace.

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