Ingredients:

250g salted butter
300g flour with wheat germ
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp condensed milk
Coarse granulated sugar
200g icing sugar
Food colouring

Method:

1 Cut the butter into small pieces and
cream together with flour. Roll out
between clear foil to about 1/2 cm
thickness. Cut hearts and sticks out of
the dough. Brush the sticks with egg
yolk whisked with condensed milk,sprinkle
with granulated sugar. Then place the
cookies on a greased baking sheet and
bake in a preheated oven at 175c (gas
mark 4) for about 8 to 10 minutes.
2 Make a smooth paste of the sifted icing
sugar by mixing it with 3 tbsp lukewarm
water. Dye a small amount green, the rest
red. Coat the hearts with the red icing,
allow to dry. Then decorate with green
icing.


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