Be My Valentine Cookie

Posted on by pamalee
Be My Valentine Cookie
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Ingredients
  1. 1
  2. pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
  3. 1
  4. egg
  5. 1/4
  6. cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  7. 5
  8. oz. cream cheese, softened (from 8 oz package)
  9. 1/4
  10. cup butter or margarine, softened
  11. 1/2
  12. teaspoon almond extract
  13. 4
  14. cups powdered sugar
  15. 2
  16. to 3 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
  17. 1/3
  18. cup chopped maraschino cherries
  19. 1/2
  20. cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 16 oz container)
Instructions
  1. 1 Mix together cookie mix, egg and flour. Add 2 oz. cream cheese (reserve remaining 3 oz. cream cheese), 2 tablespoons butter and almond extract; blend. Shape dough into 12x13-inch heart on large ungreased cookie sheet.
  2. 2 Bake at 375°F for 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Cool on cookie sheet 20 minutes. Carefully remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  3. 3 Beat powdered sugar, 3 oz. cream cheese, remaining butter and cherry juice with electric mixer on low speed until smooth and creamy. Stir in maraschino cherries. Spread over cooled cookie.
  4. 4 Spoon chocolate frosting, reserving 2 tablespoons, into decorating bag, with small star tip (#21); pipe around edges of cookie. Using reserved frosting pipe message on top of cookie.
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