feenLove Cookies

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This pizza-loving girl has brought so much joy to my life and my husband’s (@adelign) that we tag-teamed some cookies in her honor. Using a recipe straight from the Coca-Cola website, I made cut-out cookies. Instead of Coke, I used Vanilla Coke, a Feen-fave. We cut them into hearts and decorated them to look like her feenLove emote. When I see “we” I mostly mean my husband. My skills were not paying the bills today.

The Coke recipe makes cookies that are delicious, but a little crunchier than I prefer. So for those of you who like a bit softer cutouts, you can grab the recipes for my lemon or chocolate cutouts on my Hello, Sweetie post and decorate Feen-style.

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feenLove? I do!

feenLove Cookies
recipe adapted from Coca Cola
7 oz honey
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 tbsp Vanilla Coke
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup (heaping) rolled oats
3 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp cocoa

In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in honey and sugar. Cook on low until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in Coke and vanilla. Set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, combine rest of ingredients. Once the wet mixture is cooled, stir together. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to chill dough.

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C for you Canadians). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Flour a work surface and pull dough from refrigerator. Work it with your hands a little to make it malleable. Roll out with a rolling pin and cut into hearts. Place on parchment paper and bake 11-13 minutes.

Remove to rack to let cool.

fennLove Decorations
2lbs powdered sugar
6 tbsp meringue powder
2/3 to 1 cup water
food color
Starbursts
Sour Patch Watermelons

Roll out red and pink starbursts with a rolling pin. Cut into heart shapes (either with scissors or a tiny cookie cutter) and set aside.

Cut green watermelon rinds off of the Sour Patch candies and then cut those in half length-wise to make green pepper-esque strips. Set aside.

For icing, you may want to make two batches to make it more manageable. In a large mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar and meringue powder. Pour water in by the tablespoon, starting with five tablespoons. Begin beating with an electric or stand mixer. If you need it to be thinner, add water a small amount at a time.

Dye icing red for the pizza sauce and off white (a tiny dot of yellow) for the cheese.

Pipe the sauce around the heart shape of the cookie and fill in with the cheese. Add the candy pepperoni, sausage and green pepper toppings.

Let dry and store in an airtight container.