Food Network: Valentine's Cookies

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Valentine's Cookies
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Approximately 3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Icing, recipe follows
Silver balls
Gold balls
Icing:
2 tablespoons egg whites*
2 cups powdered sugar
Red food coloring

Directions
Cream the butter. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the egg, milk and
vanilla and combine. Sift together 1 cup of the flour with the baking powder and mix it into the
batter. Add some or all of the additional flour depending on how much the dough can handle. Form
into a disk, cover in plastic and chill in the refrigerator at least 2 hours. Roll out on a lightly
floured surface about 1/4-inch thick. Cut out hearts with various sized cookie cutters and place on
a greased sheet pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes until very light golden brown. Let
cool on the pan.
Icing: Whisk together the egg whites and powdered sugar to form a slightly loose icing. It should
flow a little bit but not too much. Transfer a small amount to a separate bowl and add a tiny amount
of red food coloring to make pink icing. Pipe a rim of pink icing around the edge of the cookie and
then fill in the center with white icing, or just pipe decorative designs on the surface. Embellish
with silver or gold balls. Let dry and package up in cello bags tied with a ribbon.

Directions
*RAW EGG WARNING
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight
risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only

fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact
between the yolks or whites and the shell.