Ingredients:
- Chocolate Cookie Dough
- 2 cup all-purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Shortening
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Egg
- 3 tblsp Milk
- 1/4 tsp Salt
How to make chocolate peanut butter hearts:
- As directed make and chill chocolate cookie dough.
- Beat peanut butter, sugar and shortening until fluffy.
- Mix well egg, milk and vanilla.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Beat flour mixture into peanut butter mixture until blended well.
- Shape dough into disc and wrap it in a plastic wrap.
- Let is freeze in refrigerate for about 1 to 2 hours.
- lubricate cookie sheets.
- fold peanut butter dough on floured waxed paper to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut dough using heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place cutouts on prepared cookie sheets.
- Repeat with chocolate dough.
- Remove small section from centers of hearts using a small cookie cutter.
- Set small peanut butter hearts into large chocolate hearts.
- Set small chocolate hearts into large peanut butter hearts.
- Press together slightly.
- Bake it in a preheated oven at 350°f till the edges are lightly browned, it will take about 10 to 14 minutes.
- Let it cool completely on the wire racks.