Valentine's Day Recipes

2 cups fresh strawberries
1 cup whipped cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 cup melting chocolates
1 bar dark chocolate

Rinse strawberries, cut off green top. Cut into four parts so the strawberry opens up like a flower with fourpetals. Melt chocolate in microwave. Dip each strawberryin melted chocolate so just the bottom of the strawberryis chocolate coated. Place on a tray and refrigerate for several hours until chocolate hardens.

Mix the whipped cream, vanilla, and powdered sugartogether. Spoon cream mixture into a plastic sandwich bagand cut the end. Squeeze cream mixture into each strawberry.Grate chocolate on top. Serve cold.


"Berry Wild About You" No-Bake Souffle

1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs, separated
3 teaspoons gelatin
1/3 cup hot water
1 1/4 cup cream
1 cup frozen raspberries

You will need 6 small souffle dishes. Lightly greasesouffle dishes.

Set aside egg whites. In a bowl beat together egg yolksand sugar until thick.

Bring water to a boil then add gelatin and stir until dissolved.Let stand for about 5 minutes until thickened.

Next beat in egg whites until thick peaks form. Add cream and beat until stiff. Blend raspberries in a blender to puree. Add raspberries to mixture and carefully fold in. The mixture will be a lovely pink color.

Spoon mixture into souffle dishes. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with a dollop of cream on top and some fresh raspberries.


Heart Shaped Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

Topping:

4 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup red hot candies

Preheat oven to 350F (180C) degrees.

In a bowl beat softened butter and sugar untilcreamy. Next add vanilla and egg yolk and beat.

Gradually add flour, a few spoonfuls at a timestirring constantly. Divide the dough in half and chill in the fridge for half an hour.

Use a rolling pin to roll out each half of the dough.Should be about 1 to 1 1/4 inch thick.

Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet. Decoratecookies with red hot candies. Sprinkle cinnamon andsugar over cookies.

Bake for about 10 minutes until golden.

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