• Prep Time: 25 Minutes
  • Cooking Time:
  • Serves: 18 Servings

Valentine Cookies- II

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Category: Dinner Party, Holiday, Kids, Gifts, Desserts

 Ingredients List

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • dash salt
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 drops oil of cinnamon (optional)
  • 1/4 cup hard cinnamon candies, finely crushed

 Directions

1.
In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl beat sugar and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, and oil of cinnamon, if desired; beat well. Add flour mixture; beat well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator about 2 hours or until firm.

2.
Cut a 10x8-inch heart pattern from paper. Halve dough. Line 2 cookie sheets with foil. Place half of the dough on each cookie sheet; roll into 10x8-inch rectangles. With pattern, cut dough into heart shapes. Reserve scraps. (If dough seems too soft, freeze 30 minutes or until firm.) Use alphabet- and heart-shaped cutters to cut out a message from each cookie. Remove dough from cutters.

3.
Spoon candy into cutouts to fill holes to level of the dough. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are done. Cool on cookie sheets. Peel foil from cookies. Reroll dough scraps; cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the 375 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Cool on pan. Makes 2 large and 6 small cookies (18 servings).

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