Take Soft butter & cream it along with the icing sugar

Add vanilla essence to it and mix it.

Mix it well & add maida,baking powder to this. Lightly mix it. It will look crumbled.

Transfer to the platform and divide this into 2 parts in the ratio 2:1

Add milk in each portion to bind it. In the larger portion, add red food colouring.

Roll out the red dough to a thickness of 1/2 cm and cut hearts using a cutter

Layer all the hearts, one on top of each other with a light layer of water in between. Freeze this for 30 minutes.

Remove from the freezer and wrap the white dough around the heart. Roll it to remove all the cracks.

Refrigerate this for 30 minutes. Slice this to a thickness of 1/2 cm. place the cookies on a plate lined with parchment / baking paper

Pre heat the kadhai with salt at the bottom & a stand. Place the plate of cookies on it.

Cook on low flame for about 20 mins. Check every 5 to 6 minutes. Cook it only until you get the slightly golden colour on the edges.

You can also bake these at 180 degrees C for about 12 to 15 mins.

Let the cookies cool. Store in an air tight container. Stay well upto 10 days.