Alright, so in the book they make these star shaped, and they sprinkle red, white, and blue nonpareils on them before baking. Obviously, that's a cookie for celebrating Independance Day, and that's not for a few months.
Of course, I guess I could've gotten away with the stars and the red, white, and blue this weekend for President's Day, but it's also Valentine's Day and I just can't resist heart shaped cookies. I definitely will make the patriotic ones for Independance Day.
This is a really great cookie. The dough was a little tricky to work with, but it wasn't too bad. The interesting thing is that the dough has confectioners' sugar instead of regular granulated. It makes the dough really soft. They actually recommend freezing it if it gets too soft while you're rolling it, but I didn't bother with that, I just kept working with it even though it was a little too soft. I'm a trooper.
I promise I'm not getting paid to say this but I have to plug a product here. My Mom had gotten a couple different kinds of cocoa from a local cocoa company, and I tried a new one this time and it was out of this world. It was Royal Mahogany from Bergenfield Cocoa. I definitely recommend it. It's the best cocoa I've ever used. Seriously.
Another thing I love is the cookie cutter (another purchase by my Mom) that lets you put little words on the heart. It has some pre-made words and also a lot of little letters so you can make it say whatever you want. It's fun.
Yield:
Recipe predicts: 3-4 dozen.Actual: 36 cookies, 3 dozen!
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Awesome.
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