{"id":7975,"date":"2020-01-24T19:05:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T03:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:22:36","slug":"raspberry-rose-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=7975","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Rose Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cookie dough roses are baked right into these raspberry flavored hearts, creating a treat your valentine won’t be able to resist. A thin icing is all they really need, but decorating them was so much fun, I just had to play.<\/p>\n

(Humor me . . . just one more picture? It’s excessive, but they were so photogenic, I couldn’t choose!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Go classy and understated, or let your artistic side run wild. Your choice!<\/p>\n

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These cookies may look delicate, but they are sturdy enough to be decorated by little hands. Flavored gelatin not only provides the raspberry “zing” and color, it gives the shortbread cookie base a denser, chewier texture.<\/p>\n

I tried using half shortening and half butter to ensure a pretty pink color, but they just didn’t have the flavor I wanted. Back to all butter, which gives them a hint of salmon color. You could add a touch of pink coloring if you’d like.<\/p>\n

They’ll hold their shape, so any designs you add to the hearts before baking will still be there when they come out of the oven. Cake decorating tips, gum paste tools, cookie stamps or silicone molds all work very well for this.<\/p>\n

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I used a small heart cutter and gum paste tool to create designs. You could use a straw to cut out holes all the way around to look like lace. A small rose in the center would have been pretty too.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Press hearts with a silicone texture mat for texture, or press dough into a floured silicone mold and carefully ease the shape out onto the heart. Clockwise from upper left: Hand shaped rose on plain heart, rose design made by silicone mold on plain heart, textured heart, textured heart with small rose.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Raspberry Rose Cookies<\/div>\n
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Author: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n
Makes approximately 18-20 cookies<\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n