Stained Glass Cookies
- 1/2 cup each: softened butter, sugar and honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. Magic Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. each: baking soda and salt
- 5 rolls (25 g each) ring-shaped hard candies, any colour
- 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 oven to 350F.
- Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut into desired shapes with 2-1/2- to 3-inch floured cookie cutters.
- Trace smaller version of cookie shape on dough, leaving 1/2- to 3/4-inch 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 to 8 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are lightly browned.
- Cool cookies completely before removing from foil.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/stained-glass-cookies-87802.aspx (may not work)