Hearts-Filled-With-Love Cookies

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These heart heart-shaped cookies can be made with any flavor of jam, and are a perfect way to show your love this Valentine's Day.

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Ingredients

  • Ingredients:
  • 2-1/2 * 2-1/2 cups flour
  • 1 * 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 * 1 cup shortening
  • 1 * 1 cup sugar
  • 1 * 1 well-beaten egg
  • 2 * 2 tablespoons evaporated milk
  • 1-1/2 * 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • * Strawberry or seedless Raspberry Jam
  • * powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation:
Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg, evaporated milk and vanilla. Mix well. Gradually add flour mixture until completely combined. Form into a ball. Put in an airtight container overnight in the refrigerator.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll-out dough and cut-out with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheets for 8 to 10 minutes.

When cool, assemble cookies. Place a teaspoon of jam on the bottom of a cookie, then cover with another cookie. The tops of the cookies should be facing outward on both top and bottom. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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