Little Heart Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• Maida - 1 cup (125 gms)
• Icing sugar - 1/2 cup heaped (65 gms)
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Egg - 1
• Unsalted butter - 50 gms
• Vanilla essence - 1/8 tsp
• Pink Food color - 2 drops

Method:

1. Take icing sugar and butter in a bowl, whisk it well until creamy,Set aside.Use butter at room temperature, I had to wait for sometime as my butter was straight out from the fridge.In another bowl,take an egg.
2. Using a electric beater or handwhisk beat till frothy.Cool down completely then add the egg mixture to cream butter and whisk it well.
3. In another bowl take flour,baking powder and a pinch of salt and whisk it well, You can sieve it once for even mixing.Now seperate egg butter mixture into 2 bowls.In one bowl add pink food color and essence.
4. Whisk it well.Then add half of maida and gather to form a smooth dough.
5. In another bowl containing egg butter sugar mixture, add vanilla essence and remaining flour, mix well and gather to form a smooth dough.
6. Cling wrap them seperately and put it in the fridge for atleast 30mins.Now take out,unwrap the cling film and start rolling.Lay a butter paper underneath then roll over it.Cut with desired cookie cutter, now see who is helping me :) While are almost done with cutting the cookies, Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10mins.
7. Lay butter paper in the baking tray.Carefully place the cookies on it.Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 12-15mins but not more than that.Turn over to check it , if its golden brown then the cookies are baked.Cool on wirerack and then store it.
8. While the first batch is baking you can cut for the vanilla cookies for the second batch.I made some vanilla cookies and use both the leftovers, mixed them together to form marbled effect and cut out few marble cookies too.
9. Bake the cookies at 180 deg C for 12-15mins or until the edges turn golden brown.Cool on wirerack then store in airtight container.

Cool down and then store in airtight container.Serve warm with a glass of milk or as a tea time snack.