Stained Glass Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 rolls Life Savers Candies any colour
Instructions
- Beat butter, sugar, honey, egg and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well.
- Cover. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Preheat over to 350ºF.
- Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to ¼” thickness.
- Cut into desired shapes with 2 ½ to 3” floured cookie cutters.
- Trace small version of cookie shape on dough, leaving ½ to ¾” border of dough.
- Cut out and remove dough from centre of each shape; set aside.
- Place cutouts on foil-lined baking sheets.
- Shape removed dough centres into ball; re-roll to make additional cutouts.
- Crush each colour of candy separately between 2 layers of wax paper with mallet; spoon into centres of cutouts.
- Bake 6-8 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are lightly browned.
- Cool cookies completely before removing from foil.
Notes
NOTE: Do not use mint flavoured Lifesavers. They do not melt the same way the candy flavours do!!!!