Homemade Heart Shaped Shortbread Cookies

• 1- 1/2 cup Sifted All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1 cup Butter
• 1/2 cups Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 6-38 ounces, weight Semisweet Chocolate

1. Preheat oven to 350 F with the rack in the middle of the oven.
2. Whisk the flour with the salt in a medium sized bowl.
3. Set aside.
4. Next beat the the butter until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute).
5. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes).
6. Combine the wet and the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
7. Cover the dough and refrigerate for one hour or until easy to handle.
8. On a well-floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness using a rolling pin.
9. Using the heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut 25 cookies.
10. Place cookies in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
11. Next place cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake 10 minutes until light golden.
12. Let cool.
13. After that melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
14. Once chocolate has melted, remove it from the heat.
15. Taking one cookie at a time, dip one end of each cookie in the melted chocolate and place it on a parchment lined baking sheet.
16. Once chocolate has set, transfer cookies to cooling rack to dry thoroughly.
17. Serve and enjoy.

flour, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, weight semisweet chocolate

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/homemade-heart-shaped-shortbread-cookies/ (may not work)