Vanilla Heart Cookies

Name: Vanilla Heart Cookies
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 to 10 cookies
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter (55 grams); 1/2 cup icing sugar; 55 grams powdered sugar; 1/4 tsp vanilla essence; 3/4 cup Maida; 2 pinches baking powder; 2-3 tsp milk to bind; As required Red food colouring (Optional)

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Ingredients

1 hour

8 to 10 cookies

1/4 cupbutter (55 grams)
1/2 cupicing sugar
55 grams powdered sugar
1/4 tspvanilla essence
3/4 cupMaida
2 pinchesbaking powder
2-3 tspmilk to bind
As requiredRed food colouring (Optional)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Take Soft butter & cream it along with the icing sugar
2

Add vanilla essence to it and mix it.
3

Mix it well & add maida,baking powder to this. Lightly mix it. It will look crumbled.
4

Transfer to the platform and divide this into 2 parts in the ratio 2:1
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Add milk in each portion to bind it. In the larger portion, add red food colouring.
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Roll out the red dough to a thickness of 1/2 cm and cut hearts using a cutter
7

Layer all the hearts, one on top of each other with a light layer of water in between. Freeze this for 30 minutes.
8

Remove from the freezer and wrap the white dough around the heart. Roll it to remove all the cracks.
9

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
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Pre heat the kadhai with salt at the bottom & a stand. Place the plate of cookies on it.
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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.
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You can also bake these at 180 degrees C for about 12 to 15 mins.
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Let the cookies cool. Store in an air tight container. Stay well upto 10 days.