Valentine Heart Strawberries Recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

Did you know that if you slice your strawberries from the stem to the bottom of the berry, you get heart shaped slices? This is perfect for Valentine's Day or any other special occasion. Want to use just fanned slices? Take hole, cleaned strawberries; slice them on a slight angle from just below the stem and leaves to the bottom. Once cut, ever so slightly, between forefinger and thumb, spread the slices out.

Melt-Away Heart Cookies

Ingredients:

    * 1/3 cup powdered sugar
    * 3/4 cup cornstarch
    * 1 cup all-purpose flour
    * 1/8 teaspoon salt
    * 1 cup butter (no substitutes)

Cream Cheese Icing

    * 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
    * 1 tablespoon margarine, softened
    * 1 tablespoon milk
    * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
    * 1/2 pound powdered sugar pink food coloring

Directions:

Sift together dry ingredients. Cut in the butter until fine. Gently work into a soft dough. Roll dough out onto a lightly floured surface to approximately 1/4-inch thick. Cut using a 2- or 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place hearts onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes. Let cookies rest on baking sheet until cooled slightly before removing to cooling rack. Frost centers of cookies with cream cheese icing.

Cream Cheese Icing

Mix together cream cheese, margarine, milk and vanilla. Gradually mix in powdered sugar. Add more milk if needed to make a creamy spreading consistency. Stir in pink food coloring until a pale pink icing is created. Frost centers of melt-away cookies.