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Holiday Treats
Puzzle of Love

Puzzle of Love Description
A recipe for Puzzle of Love

Ingredients

  • 1 package (18 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 container (16 ounces) ready-to-spread vanilla frosting
  • Red food coloring
  • 1/2 cup pink decorating sugar
  • 1 bag (14 ounces) M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies for
  • Valentine's Day
  • 2 bags (14 ounces each) M&M'S Peanut Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day

Preparation
1. Fold 12-inch square construction paper or card stock in half. Draw large half-heart along fold-line. With paper folded, cut out heart and open. Set template aside.

2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Knead cookie dough and flour together until smooth. On aluminum foil, roll dough to 12- inch circle, 1/4-inch thick.

3. Place template on dough. With tip of paring knife, cut out heart through to foil. Gently slide foil-backed heart onto cookie sheet.

4. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Randomly press three different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters into hot dough, leaving 1/2-inch rim. Leave smaller heart cookies in dough.

5. Return to oven. Bake additional 5 minutes or until golden brown. Slide foil-backed cookie heart onto cooling rack. Cool completely. Gently transfer to serving platter.

6. Divide frosting among three bowls. With red food coloring, tint 1 bowl bright red. Tint second bowl pink. Leave third bowl white.

7. Carefully remove small heart cutouts; set aside.

8. Spread white frosting over large heart cookie. Sprinkle with pink sugar; brush away excess.

9. Decorate smaller hearts with frostings and sugar and top with chocolate candies. Place smaller hearts back into large heart.

10. Fill resealable plastic bag with white frosting, close bag and snip off 1 corner. Pipe line of frosting around outside of large heart. Place white peanut candies on frosting.

Nutrition
no information available

Serves
Makes 8 servings.

Variations
no information available

Source M&M'S Seasonal Brands



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