Valentines Day Frosted Chocolate Heart Cookies Food

VALENTINE'S DAY FROSTED CHOCOLATE HEART COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and sugar. Add in the egg, vanilla and butter and stir until mixed well. You may need to add slightly less or more flour to this recipe to make it not-sticky depending on your altitude. Add in enough flour to make the dough workable.
• Flour the counter top or a flat surface that you can work on and roll out the dough. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Place the cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a baking rack. Decorate with frosting, powdered sugar, sprinkles, or just enjoy plain.

VALENTINE'S DAY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, cocoa, salt, and cinnamon together into a bowl; set aside. Put butter and confectioners sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Wrap dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill in freezer 15 minutes.
• Using a 2- or 3-inch X- or O-shaped cookie cutter or a template and a knife, quickly cut out shapes from dough (if dough begins to soften, chill it in freezer 3 to 5 minutes). Reroll and cut scraps.
• Transfer shapes to baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Chill in freezer until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Brush flour from shapes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

VALENTINE'S DAY CHOCOLATE CHIP HEART COOKIES (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F
• In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until well blended.
• Roll into 1 1/4-inch balls.
• Spray cookie cutter with cooking spray; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Press dough ball evenly into cutter.
• Remove cutter; reshape dough if necessary.
• Continue making heart-shaped cookies, placing 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• Spray cookie cutter as needed with cooking spray.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet.