Velvet Heart Valentine Cookies (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Cookie Base
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4 tbsp melted unsalted butter
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⅓ cup white sugar, with extra for coating
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1 big egg yolk
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½ tsp pure vanilla
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1 tsp red gel coloring for food
→ Dry Ingredients
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½ cup plus 1 tbsp plain flour
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2 tbsp cocoa powder without sweetener
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¼ tsp baking soda
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⅛ tsp salt, finely ground
→ Topping
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6 Reese's-style white chocolate hearts with peanut butter
# Instructions:
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Get your oven hot at 350°F. Put parchment or a silicone mat on a small cookie tray.
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Stir together the butter, sugar, yolk from the egg, vanilla and red coloring until smooth.
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Drop in the flour, cocoa, soda and salt over the wet mix. Gently fold until just blended.
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Split dough into 6 equal bits, shape into balls, coat in sugar and place apart on your tray.
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Cook for 10-12 mins until they flatten and crack. Cool 2 mins on the tray before moving to rack.
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When cookies cool for 10 mins, push a chocolate heart into each center. Chill 30 mins in fridge to firm up.
# Notes:
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This batch makes just 6 treats
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Let the cookies warm up before you eat them