Frosted valentine cookies
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Butter or margarine -- |
| Softened | ||
| 1 | cup | Confectioners' sugar |
| 4 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | cups | Quick-cooking oats |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla extract |
| ½ | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | pounds | Semisweet chocolate |
| Or milk chocolate | ||
| Confectionery coating, m | ||
| Confectioners' sugar icing, | ||
| Optional | ||
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add flour, oats, extracts and salt; mix well. Roll out dough to ¼-in, thickness. Cut with a 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter; place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350 deg. for 12-15 minutes. While cookies are warm, spread melted chocolate on tops. Cool. Using a pastry tube, decorate with confectioners' sugar icing if desired. Yield: 3-½ dozen Recipe By : Taste of Home