Two Color Heart Cookies How-To

Simple but stunning Valentine's Day cookies!

You will need:

• Red Food Color
• Pink Food Color
• Double Sided Round Cookie Cutter Set
• Heart Cutter Set
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups unsalted butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Cream sugar and butter until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add to the butter mixture. Mix well.
2. Separate the dough into thirds. Color one-third pink, one-third red, and leave the remaining third.
3. Put a handful of the freshly made dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll to the desired thickness. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Put the rolled dough, including the parchment paper, on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes or longer. Your dough will be chilled and ready to cut and bake with no wait and no added flour! Repeat with scraps after cutting cookies.
4. Stamp circles and hearts from the dough. Replace the center heart in a cookie with an alternating color.
5. Bake at 350° F for 8-10 minutes. Let cool. The recipe makes 8 dozen 3" cookies.