Chocolate Heart Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 cup vanilla chips or 1 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening, divided
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 in a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in vanilla.
• 3 combine the flour and cocoa; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 4 on a lightly floured surface roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• 5 cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter placing 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake at 350°f for 8-10 minutes.
• 7 remove to wire racks to cool.
• 8 in a microwave safe bowl, heat vanilla chips and 1 tablespoon of shortening until melted, stirring frequently. dip both sides of the cookie into melted mixture (so you make a v-shape from the point of the cookie out to the middle of both rounded tops).
• 9 in another microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and remaining shortening, stirring frequently.
• 10 drizzle over the cookies.
• 11 place on wire rack to dry.