Holiday Stained Glass Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces assorted hard candies, unwrapped
• 1 (16 1/2 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• flour, as needed
• red and green sugar candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 seperate candy by color into zip lock plastic bags and close bags. crush candies into small pieces with a rolling pin.
• 3 line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 4 liberally flour surface and rolling pin. place half of the cookie dough on work surface, and liberally flour the top of the dough, roll out cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick.
• 5 dip large holiday shaped cookie cutters in flour and cut out cookies. place the cookies on the lined cookie sheet, approximately 1 inch apart. gather dough scraps and refrigerate before rolling out again.
• 6 using small cookie cutters or a knife, cut out a small shape inside each cookie.
• 7 fill center cutout of each cookie with a single color of the crushed candies.
• 8 bake cookies until the candy center begins to bubble and the cookie edges are lightly browned, about 8 - 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from oven and carefully sprinkle cookie edges with sugar sprinkles, if desired. let cool on the baking sheet on a cooling rack. once cookies are cooled, remove them from the lining.
• 10 repeat with reaming cookie dough.