Watkins Valentine Sandwich Cookies

 Win over the special valentine in your life with Watkins Valentine Sandwich Cookies.  Our easy-to-follow instructions are provided below:

 Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 egg 
1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon Watkins double-strength clear vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Watkins almond extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar 

Cooking Instructions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the cup of butter with 1 1/2 cups of confectioners’ sugar.   Next, beat in the egg along with Watkins double-strenght vanilla and Watkins almond extract. Mix this well.
  2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar.  Blend this into the butter mixture and divide the resultig dough into thirds, then shape into balls.
  3. Working with 1/3 of dough at a time, roll out the dough into your desired thickness on a lightly floured surface. For each heart sandwich cookie, cut out two 3-inch hearts. Cut out the center of ONE of the 3-inch hearts with a 1 1/2-inch cutter.
  4. Place each piece separately on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 to 2 inches apart.  Next, bake the cookies in a preheated, 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven until lightly browned (7-8 minutes for 1/4 inch thick cookies).
  5. Cool completely on a wire rack. Frost the bottom cookie with Pink Valentine Frosting and place an open centered cookie on top to form the sandwich. Also frost the small 1 1/2 inch hearts and serve as separate cookies.
  6. The recipe makes seventeen 3″ valentine cookies and seventeen smaller 1 1/2″ valentine shaped cookies.  The pink frosting mix recipe follows below:

Pink Frosting Recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Watktins double-strength clear vanilla extract
1 tablespoon water
2 drops red food coloring 

Directions

  1. Blend sugar, salt and flavoring.  Add just enough water to make the frosting easy to spread. Add 2 drops red food coloring and mix well.
  2. Frost the cookies with this mixture

Watkins Products – Old Timey Christmas Favorites

Are you thinking about buying a friend or relative Watkins products for Christmas?  Old-line traditional Watkins products like double-strength vanilla, cinnamon, black pepper, liniment and Petro-Carbo salve are racking up big numbers this holiday season.  But Watkins new line of “green cleaning” products and wonderful lines of body lotions and creams are selling off the shelves also. 

For those that might wish to put together a “Watkins gift basket,” I’m happy to inform you that Watkins already sales several “bundled products” that are sure to make your holiday gift list.  In fact, this month only we’re running a promotion for Watkins “On the Go” Kit for only $10.99.  And, for only $19.99 you can buy that special someone in your life the J.R. Watkins “Head to Toe” Kit, which contains 8 great products from Watkins Traditional Apothecary line.

Feel free to browse my Watkins eStore and order Watkins online now.  Watkins products make great holiday gifts. 

I’m also running a new promotion and starting out early for 2009.  I call it my “Watkins Frequent Shopper Program.”   Any customer of mine that orders $500 or more in a single year will get a free $50 Watkins gift certificate once they cross over the $500 mark in product purchases (sales tax and shipping charges are not included).  I’m launching my 2009 campaign early by giving you 2009 purchase credits for anything you purchase in December 2008.   Thus, any orders you place now for Watkins product will be added to your 2009 purchases.  This way, if you reach your $500 in total purchased prior to December of next year, you’ll get a $50 gift certificate you can use for your Christmas purchases in 2009.

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