White Chocolate Valentines

Name: White Chocolate Valentines
Prep time: 2 h 28 min
Cook time: 2 h 28 min
Total time: 2 h 28 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 egg, beaten; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon red gel paste food coloring; 36 servings Pink gel paste food coloring; 1 Tbsp milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 113 grams white chocolate, melted

White Chocolate Valentines might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 36. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 124 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 28 minutes. A mixture of baking powder, sugar, chocolate, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Special equipment: 2 1/2-by-3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter

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Cookie Cutter

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Place butter and sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer and beat until light in color.

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Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add the red food coloring, egg and milk and beat to combine. Proceed with recipe and chill for 2 hours.

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Red Food Color

Milk

Egg

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Sprinkle a work surface and rolling pin with confectioner's sugar and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Move dough frequently to prevent it from sticking and add more confectioner's sugar to the work surface and rolling pin as needed. With a 2 1/2-by-3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut 36 hearts, re-rolling dough as needed.

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Dough

Sugar

Roll

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Cookie Cutter

Rolling Pin

Place at least 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, and bake until cookies are set but not brown, about 7-8 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool on the pan slightly before transferring to a rack to cool completely.

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Frying Pan

To make striped Valentine hearts, transfer half of the melted chocolate to a disposable pastry bag, twist the end closed, and using scissors, snip a very small opening in the tip. Starting at the bottom of the cookie, apply gentle pressure to the pastry bag and drizzle lines of chocolate back and forth over the cookie, moving up as the chocolate flows. Allow chocolate to set before eating or packaging.

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Chocolate

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Pastry Bag

Kitchen Scissors

To make polka-dot Valentine hearts, color the remaining chocolate with pink food coloring to the desired shade of pink.

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Food Color

Chocolate

Transfer to a disposable pastry bag, twist the end closed, and using scissors, snip a very small opening in the tip. Hold the pastry bag perpendicular to the cookie and apply gentle pressure to pipe a dot of chocolate. Release the pressure on the bag until the flow stops, and continue over the surface of the cookie, piping different sized dots, if desired. Gently tap the cookie to settle the chocolate and allow to set before eating or packaging.

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Chocolate

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Pastry Bag

Kitchen Scissors

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color.

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Butter

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Wrap

Egg

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Blender

Bowl

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Sprinkle surface where you will roll out dough with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Dough

Roll

Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from refrigerator at a time, sprinkle rolling pin with powdered sugar, and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Move the dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking. If dough has warmed during rolling, place cold cookie sheet on top for 10 minutes to chill.

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Powdered Sugar

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Rolling Pin

Cut into desired shape, place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat, and bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack.

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack