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Perfect Puppy Shape Valentines Day Cookies

February 8, 2015 by Maria @ Close to Home

My son was talking about the Valentines he was making at school, sure you have seen it when kids make a puppy out of two hearts? While he was telling me about this Puppy Valentines it reminded me about a cookie I made years before I was blogging. It is so simple, as a short cut I used a sugar cookie mix. Really in a rush, you could use the refrigerated cookie dough if you dare. (I just don’t like the flavor). One batch makes 8 puppy Valentine Cookies so if you wanted to make them for a school class party I would get a smaller cookie cutter. 

 PUPPY-COOKIES

You simply need:

  • 2 inch heart cookie cutter
  • M& M’s
  • lollipop sticks  (optional)
  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Cocoa powder

Make your sugar cookie dough per the directions.

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Split the dough in half and add cocoa powder and mix it well so it becomes mainly a solid chocolate cookie.

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Roll out both of your dough to 1/4 of an inch and cut out the hearts. You should get about 8 cookies per flavor.

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Lay the vanilla cookie heart upside down on a cookie sheet with a silpat or parchment paper. 

Cut the chocolate heart in half lengthwise.

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Place them right next to the side of the vanilla hearts.

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Add 6 mini chocolate chips to the bottom of the puppy.

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Bake for 10 minutes or until slightly brown.

When cooled, add the eyes and nose M& M’s with frosting or melted chocolate.

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Enjoy.

My boys really enjoyed these Puppy Valentines Day Cookies  and definitely put a smile on their face.

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Next time I might reverse some of the hearts too. 

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Filed Under: desserts, recipe, Valentines Day Tagged With: baking, cookie recipe, cooking with kids, Dessert

About Maria @ Close to Home

A forty something Mom who enjoys cooking, crafting, entertaining and traveling. I love sharing our adventures and sharing family friendly products to make your day to day easier too.

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Comments

  1. FABBY says

    February 14, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    Adorable! My grandgirls are gonna love this recipe! Thank you for sharing.
    I’m popping in from Food Frenzy party.
    Happy Valentine’s Day!

    FABBY

  2. Maria @ Close to Home says

    February 9, 2015 at 10:34 am

    thanks so much for pining this.

  3. Raquel says

    February 8, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Those are so cute and simple to make too! Pinning!

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