This fun recipe comes from the fine folks at Good Housekeeping and they look great as decorations as well as being a tasty treat. You need two star shaped cookie cutters, one large and one small.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 C flour
1/8 t baking soda
1/8 t salt
1 stick butter, softened
1/3 C granulated sugar
1 lg egg yolk
1/2 t vanilla
1 1/4 oz hard red candies, crushed
1 1/4 oz hard blue candies, crushed
In one bowl mix together all dry ingredients except candies. In second bowl cream butter and sugar, then add egg and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients into wet a little at a time until the dough comes together. Press dough into disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 mins.
Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. Roll out dough between two sheets of parchment paper until 1/4 inch thick. Use large cookie cutter to cut out and then use small cutter to take out the centers.
Fill cookie sheet with large stars and bake 7 mins. Remove cookies from oven and fill centers with crushed candies. Replace in oven and bake 5 - 8 more minutes until edges are brown. Remove to wire rack to cool.
Fill cookie sheet with small stars and cook 10 - 12 mins or until golden brown. Remove and cool on racks.
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