Pink Heart Cookies

Name: Pink Heart Cookies
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 0.5 cup unsalted butter (scant); 0.5 cup caster sugar (scant); 1 egg (lightly beaten); 1 teaspoon Almond extract; 2.5 cups All purpose flour; 4 cups powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons water; pink Food coloring; Sugar flower

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35 min.

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Nutritions

1 biscuit contains

Fat	15.03 g
Saturated Fat Acids	8.92 g
Protein	5.95 g
Roughage	0 g
Sugar added	86.38 g
Calorie	652

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Carbohydrates/g	124
Cholesterol/mg	63.52
Vitamin A/mg	142.81
Vitamin D/μg	0.3
Vitamin E/mg	1.27
Vitamin B₁/mg	0.37
Vitamin B₂/mg	0.3
Niacin/mg	3.84
Vitamin B₆/mg	0.02
Folate/μg	93.22
Pantothenic acid/mg	0.23
Biotin/μg	0.48
Vitamin B₁₂/μg	0.22
Vitamin C/mg	0
Potassium/mg	56.55
Calcium/mg	12.32
Magnesium/mg	10.83
Iron/mg	2.25
Iodine/μg	9.09
Zinc/mg	0.36

Recipe author: EAT SMARTER

Ingredients

Preparation

Ingredients

for 20 biscuits

For the biscuits: ½ cup
unsalted butter (scant); ½ cup
caster sugar (scant); 1
egg (lightly beaten); 1 teaspoon
Almond extract; 2 ½ cups
All purpose flour

For the decoration: 4 cups
powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons
water; pink Food coloring; Sugar flower

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Step 1/7

For the biscuits: heat the oven to 190°C (170° fan) 375°F gas 5. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.

Step 2/7

Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.

Step 3/7

Beat in the egg and almond extract, a little at a time, until well combined. Stir in the flour and mix to a dough.

Step 4/7

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1 cm|1/2" thick. Using heart shaped cookie cutters, cut shapes out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray.

Step 5/7

Bake the biscuits for 8-12 minutes, until pale golden. Leave on the baking tray for 5 minutes to firm up, then place on a wire rack to cool.

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For the icing: sift the icing sugar into a large bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture. Stir in the food colouring.

Step 7/7

Carefully spread the icing on the biscuits and place a sugar flower on each biscuit before the icing sets.

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