Conversation Heart Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• ¾ cup Amoretti® Blanched Almond Flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1½ tsp Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla W.S. 2X
• ¾ tsp Amoretti® Orange Zest Oil O.S. Extract

Directions

1. Mix dry ingredients together and set aside.
2. In a stand mixer or bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, scrape down again. Incorporate extracts.
4. Combine dry ingredients to wet in two batches.
5. Halve the dough and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for a minimum of one hour.
6. Preheat the oven to 350℉.
7. Roll the dough out to ¼” thickness and use the cutter of your choice.
8. Place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake for about 12 minutes.
9. Cool completely before decorating.