Engaging Heart Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup ground toasted hazelnuts
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening, divided
• 3/4 cup vanilla or white chips

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in hazelnuts. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
2. Working with one portion of dough at a time, roll to 1/4-in. thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 2-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased
3. . Bake at 350u0b0 for 9-10 minutes (cookies will be soft). Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.
4. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon shortening; stir until smooth. Repeat with vanilla chips and remaining shortening. Dip right side of half of the cookies in semisweet chocolate; dip the left side of remaining cookies in white chocolate. Overlap two hearts before the chocolate is set. Place on waxed paper until set.

butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking cocoa, salt, ground toasted hazelnuts, semisweet chocolate chips, shortening, vanilla

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/engaging-heart-cookies/ (may not work)