Chocolate Cherry Heart Cookies

I made these way back in February for Valentine's day, they are delicious and so cute.  It's like a chocolate sugar cookie with cherry flavored frosting, it doesn't get much better. ;)

1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 c. milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 3/4 c. AP flour
1/2 c. cocoa
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda

Frosting:
1/2 c.  butter, softened
2+ confectioners' sugar
3+ Tlb.  maraschino cherry juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in milk, egg add vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and soda; add to creamed mixture and mix well.  Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough to 1/8 in. thickness. Cut out with a floured heart shaped cookie cutters.  Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. (then while the other cookies are cooking you can roll out the other half.)
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until firm. Let stand for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
In a mixing bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar and enough cherry juice to achieve spreading consistency (it may take more juice to get the right flavor as well, just keep adding it slowly until you get the flavor you desire.) Then add powdered sugar until you have the right spreading consistency.

Enjoy!!