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Cupid's Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 In a medium bowl, cream together butter or margarine & white sugar until light & fluffy.
Step #2 Blend in egg & vanilla.
Step #3 Sift together flour & salt.
Step #4 Add to creamed mixture & mix well.
Step #5 Stir in oats.
Step #6 Divide dough in half.
Step #7 Add peppermint extract & a few drops of food color to half of dough.
Step #8 Chill for several hrs.
Step #9 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step #10 Roll out each half of dough to 1/8 inch thickness on surface sprinkled lightly with confectioners' sugar.
Step #11 Cut out half of each color with the 2 1/2 inch heart shaped cookie cutter, & half with a 1 1/2 inch cookie cutter.
Step #12 Try to make it so that you have an equal number of small & large hearts in opposing colors.
Step #13 Place them on unprepared cookie sheets.
Step #14 Bake for 10 to 12 mins in the preheated oven.
Step #15 Remove from oven & place 1 one square (1/8) of a chocolate bar onto the center of each large heart.
Step #16 Place small heart on top & press lightly to secure.
Step #17 Transfer to rack to cool.
Step #18 .
Enjoy the Cupid's Cookies recipe