Stained Glass Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract
• 1 large Egg
• 3/4 cup Butter room temperature
• 2-1/2 cups Flour
• 16 Jolly ranchers

INSTRUCTIONS

1. 1 Gather your cookie ingredients and supplies.
2. 2 Add the sugar, salt, vanilla, egg, and room temperature butter to a mixing bowl.
3. 3 Combine the ingredients in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer.
4. 4 Add the all purpose flour and mix until the dough starts to clump together.
5. 5 Transfer the dough to your working surface and knead briefly.
6. 6 Cover your dough with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
7. 7 Unwrap two jolly ranchers and place them in a plastic baggie. Use a hammer or meat mallet to crush the jolly ranchers into very small pieces. Repeat with other jolly rancher colours.
8. 8 Add flour to your working surface. Place the dough on top and add a bit more flour on top of the dough.
9. 9 Roll out the dough until it's just over 1/4 inch thick.
10. 10 Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Place the cookies on a parchment lined baking tray.
11. 11 Cut out the centers of the cookies with a smaller cookie cutter. Fill the center of the cookies with the crushed candies.
12. 12 Preheat your oven to 350F and bake the cookies for 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the tray until the candy center has hardened.
13. 13 Your stained glass cookies are complete!