valentine heart cookies

How To Make valentine heart cookies

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  FOR THE COOKIES
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  Place flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Stir to combine and set aside.
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  Place margarine and sugar in a large bowl. Cream together until light and fluffy.
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  Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
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  Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until just blended.
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  Cover and chill for an hour.
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  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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  Roll out the dough on a floured surface (1/4 to 1/2 inch thick)
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  Cut with heart shaped cookie cutter.
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  Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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  Bake about 8 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
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  Remove from the oven. Let sit 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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  FOR THE FROSTING
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  While cookies are baking and cooling....
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  In a medium bowl, mix (on low speed) the margarine and powdered sugar until just smooth.
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  Stir in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
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  Gradually stir in more milk a little at a time until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
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  Divide the frosting into smaller bowls, one for each color you want to use.
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  Stir in the food coloring one drop at a time until you have the color you want.
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  I put my frosting in a frosting bag to make decorating the cookies easier.
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  Use the red gel icing to write your messages on the cookie. I use the conversation hearts candy as inspiration.
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