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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!!!!
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