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Valentine Cookie Pops

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Tools:

• Heart Cookie Treat Pan
• 8-inch Cookie Treat Sticks

Ingredients:

• Pink Color Mist™ Food Color Spray
• Red Ready-To-Decorate Icing
• White Ready-To-Decorate Icing
• Red, Pink and Lavender Sugars
• Bake Easy™ Non-Stick Spray
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer. Add egg; beat well. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Refrigerate dough 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray inside of pan cavities with non-stick spray. Fill cavities with cookie dough to 1/8 inch below top edge; insert sticks into dough, covering 2 inches of end. Bake 10-15 minutes or until browned. Cool 5 minutes; gently loosen cookies with spatula, tip pan upside down to remove. Repeat with remaining dough. Cool cookies completely before decorating.

To Decorate:

Using the star tip, cover cookies with icing stars. For a smooth look, smooth out icing stars with spatula. Sprinkle sugars onto icing or spray with Color Mist food spray. Decorate cookie edges with additional icing.

Makes 8 cookie pops.