Stained Glass Window Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 40 fruit flavored hard candies

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. stir in vanilla and eggs.
• in another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with milk.
• on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide strips and, on a well-buttered baking sheet, form into window frames.
• keeping the colors separate, place candy in plastic bags and crush with a meat mallet. place crushed candies inside window frames.
• bake for six minutes, or until candy is just melted. cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, until candy is hard. carefully lift cookies off baking sheet with spatula.