Recipe(tried): HEART COOKIE CAKES

This is a recipe I used to make cookies for my children's teachers when my children were in elementary school many years ago. The teachers always looked forward to receiving these cookies on Valentine's Day.

HEART COOKIE CAKES

Cookie Dough:
1 cup soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned, uncooked)

Butter Frosting:
3/4 cup butter, softened
4 cups sifted confectioners'(powdered) sugar
1 egg white, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Pink-tinted coconut

For cookie dough: Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture, beating well. Stir in oats. Chill dough thoroughly. Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with a floured heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; cool on racks.
For Frosting: Beat butter until fluffy. Add 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar gradually. Blend in egg white and vanilla. Beat in remaining confectioners' sugar. Put two cookies together with frosting; press together. Repeat with remaining cookies. Frost tops and sides of all cookies. Sprinkle with pink-tinted coconut.