Heart-Shaped Cookies

Name: Heart-Shaped Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 54
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 2 larges eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 54 servings Green and orange liquid food colorings; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 79 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters shortening; 296 milliliters sugar

Heart-Shaped Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 54. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 70 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, milk, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your valentin day event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well.

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Shortening

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs and milk, beating until blended.

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Egg

Milk

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients.

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All Purpose Flour

Add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended; stir in lemon rind and juice. Divide dough into 4 equal portions; wrap each in plastic wrap, and chill at least 2 hours or up to 6 hours.

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Lemon Peel

Butter

Dough

Juice

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll 1 dough portion to a 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.

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Dough

Roll

Cut with a 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, and place on lightly greased baking sheets. Repeat procedure with remaining dough portions.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Cookie Cutter

Bake at 350 for 8 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned on bottoms.

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Oven

Let cool on baking sheets 2 minutes; remove to wire racks, and cool 20 minutes or until completely cool.

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Baking Sheet

Remove and reserve about 1/4 cup Icing. Tint remaining Icing with green food coloring.

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Green Food Color

Icing

Spread green-tinted icing on tops of cookies. Tint reserved 1/4 cup Icing with orange food coloring, and spoon into a zip-top plastic bag. Snip 1 corner to make a small hole; pipe dots on cookies.

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Orange Food Color

Spread