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Cocoa Cookie Hearts

These buttery, chocolaty and melt-in-your mouth cookies are perfect treats at Valentine's Day.

 

Yield

48 servings

Prep

30 hrs

Cook

5 min

Ready

2 hrs

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
½ cup butter
or margarine, softened
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1 cup sugar Camera
2 large eggs Camera
2 cups all-purpose flour Camera
½ cup cocoa powder Camera
1 teaspoon baking powder Camera
½ teaspoon baking soda Camera
½ teaspoon salt Camera
Valentine frosting
1 ½ cups powdered sugar Camera
2 tablespoons butter
or margarine or shortening
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2 tablespoons milk Camera
½ teaspoon vanilla extract Camera
3 drops food coloring
red, optional
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Low Fat, Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium

Directions

In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and eggs on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture beating until well blended.

Cover; refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.

Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). On lightly floured surface, roll dough to ⅛ inch thickness; cut with heart-shaped cookie cutter.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched.

Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Cool completely.

Frost with Valentine Frosting; decorate as desired.

About 4 dozen cookies.

VALENTINE FROSTING: In bowl, beat powdered sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla and food color, if desired, until smooth and of spreading consistency.

About ¾ cup of frosting.

VARIATION: Chocolate Valentine frosting Stir 3 tablespoons of cocoa into powdered sugar.

Omit food color. Proceed as directed above, increasing milk to 3 tablespoons.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 20g (0.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 76 33% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 3g 4%
Saturated Fat 2g 8%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 51mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 4g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 2%
Sugars g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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