Stained-glass Sugar Hearts

Heart shaped cookies with a middle of melted, hard candies.

• Calories: 82 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup crushed peppermint hard candies

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cream together butter or margarine, shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients (except candy) and mix well. Dough will be greasy.

Step 2

Using a floured surface and rolling pin, roll out dough. Cut out 2 inch heart shaped cookies. Using a 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out a smaller heart in the middle of the larger one. Put cookies on a foil lined cookie sheet.

Step 3

Inside of cut-out heart, sprinkle crushed candy crumbs (such as red life savers or candy canes). Spread the crumbs to the inside edges of the cookie.

Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degees C) for 10-12 minutes. When cookes have cooled, remove from sheets. The cookie can be frosted if you desire.