Recipe: Heart-Shaped Chocolate Graham Cookies

We spent Friday afternoon in and out of a friend's house between errands and various children's activities. They offered up a nice spread of snacks for the kids, which included these graham crackers. My friend told me how easy they are to make, and I decided I needed to try to make them for my youngest's Valentine's Party today. So, we made Monday our baking day (she isn't in school) and tried the chocolate graham recipe from the same website. We used two cookie cutters - heart shaped for the class, and dove shaped for us to have at home. I halved the recipe because of a lack of all purpose flour (and still the ratio was a little more towards whole wheat flour) but the initial taste testing by the 4-year old was followed by very positive feedback! If you use smaller cookie cutters, this recipe makes 14 dozen! Since ours were on the larger side, we got two dozen out of the halved recipe.

Here's the recipe we used from weelicious:

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, chilled & cubed
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup water
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• Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. 2. In a food processor or mixer combine the first 7 ingredients.
3. 3. Add butter to the mix and pulse/mix until it resembles coarse meal.
4. 4. Add honey and water and continue to mix until it all combines.
5. 5. Remove and shape the dough into a flat disk and place between two pieces of parchment paper.
6. 6. Roll dough out until it is 1/4 inch thick. Cut into crackers or shapes with cookie cutters.*
7. 7. Place cookies on a Silpat or parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
8. 8. Cool and serve.
10. * To Freeze: After step 6, place cut-out cookie shapes on a baking sheet and freeze for 20 minutes. Remove, place in a Ziploc bag, label and freeze for up to 4 months. When ready to bake, follow steps 7-8, adding an additional 1-2 minutes baking time.

Cutting dove cookies

Imperfectly perfect.