Sunday, February 13, 2011

Simple, lovely Valentine's Day cookies

CHOCOLATE HEART COOKIES (from James Latus via Taste of Home Magazine)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 cup vanilla or white chips
2 Tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a bowl cream butter and sugar, beat in vanilla. Combine flour and cocoa, gradually add creamed mixture.
3. On lightly floured surface roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with heart cookie cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
4. For icing melt vanilla chips and 1 Tablespoon shortening stirring frequently. Dip both end of cookies into melted mixture. Heat semi-sweet chips and remaining shortening and drizzle over dipped cookies. Or, just drizzle the chocolate artfully over the cookies. Either way, people always think I've bought these and not made them!