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Magic Window Cookies

Yields:72 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation20 minutes
Cooking10 minutes
Ready In90 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup vegetable shortening part margarine, softened
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
5 each hard candies ring-shaped rolls

Directions

Mix sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla.

Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.

Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth covered board.

Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.

Place cookies on aluminum foil-covered cookie sheet.

Cut out designs from cookies using smaller cutters or your own patterns.

Place whole or partially crushed candy in cutouts, depending on size and shape of design.

To crush candy, place between paper towels and tap lightly.

As candy melts easily, leave pieces as large as possible.

If cookies are to be hung, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Bake until cookies are very light brown and candy is melted, 7 to 9 minutes.

If candy has not filled out cutout design, immediately spread with metal spatula.

Cool completely on cookie sheet.

Gently remove cookies.

About 6 dozen 3 inch cookies.

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Member Review

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Chicken Cordon Bleu in Pastry

This recipe is delicious and easy to make -- great for company too. The only drawback is that the puff pasty contains lots of trans fat :(

 
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