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Heart-shaped

These heart shaped cookies are the perfect, no-fuss, Valentine's (or anytime) dessert!

Enjoy these heart shaped sugar cookies with a hot cup of coffee or tea and don't forget to share them with your sweetie!

INGREDIENTS

all-purpose flour sugar salt butter shortening baking powder baking soda egg milk lemon extract

1

Add flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda to a food processor. Pulsa a few times to combine.

2

Add cold cubed butter and shortening  and pulse until crumbly. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl.

3

Whisk egg, milk, and lemon extract in a small bowl and drizzle over the other ingredients in the food processor.

Pulse until the dough comes together.

4

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Divide the dough into 3 equal portions. Leave one portion out and refrigerate the rest.

Roll the dough out to about ⅛" to ¼" thickness. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.

6

Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for 6-8 minutes

8

Cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer them to a wire cooling rack.

9

Decorate with melted white chocolate or icing.

10

Happy Valentine's Day!