Strawberry Heart Oreo Cookies
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Heart shaped strawberry flavored oreo cookies- perfect for Valentine's day!
Ingredients
  • 1 package of strawberry cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup of shortening
  • Frosting:
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1/2 stick of butter, softened
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Mix together.
  2. The dough will be pretty stiff-
  3. it’s supposed to be that way. ;)
  4. Roll into balls.
  5. Place two next to each other.
  6. Pinch the bottom to create a heart.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
  8. Immediately transfer to a cooling rack.
  9. When cookies are cool, frost them and then
  10. sandwich them like an Oreo.
  11. This will only make about 12-15 cookies total
  12. depending on how big you make them.
  13. For the frosting:
  14. Mix cream cheese and 1/2 stick of softened butter. Add vanilla. Then slowly add in one cup of powered sugar at a time until creamy.
  15. Spread onto cool cookies.
  16. Sandwich together.
Notes

*NOTE: You can lessen the amount of powered sugar to your liking. You can start with 2 cups and add up to four. The amount you add changes the consistency and sweetness.

Recipe by Thirty Handmade Days at http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2012/01/valentine_cookies/