Strawberry Heart Pillows Food

STRAWBERRY HEART PILLOWS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Unfold pastry. Cut into 16 hearts with 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place on baking sheet.
• Bake 20 min. or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Cut each heart horizontally in half. Spread 1 tsp. jam onto bottom half of each heart; top with 1 Tbsp. COOL WHIP and a strawberry slice. Cover with tops of hearts. Drizzle with chocolate.

STRAWBERRY HEART PILLOWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 10-inch square. Cut into 16 heart shapes with 2-inch cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack; cool completely.
• Cut each heart horizontally in half. Spread 1 teaspoons jam onto bottom half of each heart; top with 1 tablespoons of the whipped topping and a strawberry slice. Cover with tops of hearts. Drizzle with chocolate. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 1 hour.
• MAKE AHEAD: Cooled baked pastry hearts can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 3 days. Use to assemble desserts as directed.
• HOW TO MELT AND DRIZZLE CHOCOLATE: Place 1 square chocolate in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Pour into resealable bag; seal bag. Snip off one bottom corner of bag; twist top of bag to drizzle chocolate over desert as desired.

STRAWBERRY HEART PILLOWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Unfold pasty. Cut into 16 hearts with 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Cut each heart horizontally in half. Spread 1 teaspoons of the jam onto bottom half of each heart; top with 1 tablespoons of the whipped toping and a strawberry slice. Cover with tips of hearts. Drizzle with chocolate. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 1 hour.

STRAWBERRY HEART PILLOWS

Steps:

• Thaw puff pastry as directed on package; unfold.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Using 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut into 16 hearts (or, if it isn't Valentines or some other romantic occasion, use a sharp knife and cut into 30 1-1/2-inch squares).
• Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely on wire racks.
• Split each heart in half horizontally.
• Spread 1 teaspoon jam or preserves on bottom half of each heart.
• Top with a big spoonful of whipped topping.
• Cover with top half of heart.
• Garnish with a small spoonful of whipped topping and a strawberry slice.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

STRAWBERRY PILLOWS

Steps:

• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Divide dough into four portions. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 2 hours., Preheat oven to 375°. On a floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place half of the circles onto ungreased baking sheets. Place 1/2 teaspoon preserves in the center of each circle; top with remaining circles and press edges lightly with a fork to seal. Cut slits in the top of each cookie. Bake until edges are light brown, 7-9 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.