but i don't want to die young from eating 

too much red food coloring... 

so i used a bit of puréed beets to make

pink heart-shaped cookies for valentine's day!

the flavor is slightly present, and as someone who hates beets,

i found these cookies really quite enjoyable.

so go ahead and say

i love you

and not

i love you and i wanna kill you with red 40.

ingredients
for the cookies:

1 stick of butter, softened 

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup puréed steamed beets*

1 1/4 cups white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
powdered sugar for dusting
for the icing:
1 stick of butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons puréed steamed beets*
*i used the pre-steamed beets from trader joe's  

clues

combine butter + sugar, beat until fluffy

beat in egg + vanilla + beets

in a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients

combine dry ingredients + wet ingredients

refrigerate for an hour

preheat oven to 350
make the frosting by beating all of the ingredients together

roll out dough on surface dusted with powdered sugar
cut into shapes

bake for 10-15 minutes on baking sheet lined with parchment
cool and then frost
-yeh!