Best Stained Glass Cookies

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 cups flour (not self-rising)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 30 jolly rancher candies, many colors

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar; add in the egg, honey, and almond. sift flour and baking soda together and add; use hands as needed to mix if the electric mixer isn't getting it.
• 2 refrigerate two hours or overnight (you can make this days in advance and refrigerate up to 5 days before making in an airtight container.).
• 3 crush the jolly ranchers in a plastic bag with a hammer, we use five different colors with separate bag for each one, and set aside in separate containers. (paper muffin cups work well and no dishes!).
• 4 line two large baking pans with wax paper; roll out a little over 1/8 inch thick and cut out desired shapes of cookies. using a clean, sharp knife cut out various shapes in the middle, rerolling scraps until all dough is used up. place cookies on wax paper and bake at 375°f for 5 minutes (lightly golden). fill the areas that you had cut out in advance with crushed candies very full, as candies will melt down.
• 5 bake at 375°f 3 more minutes (candies melted) and cool; peel off wax paper and store in an airtight container.
• 6 *note: placing a few slices of bread between the cookies will help soak up moisture and prevent the candy center from becoming too hard.