Party Cookie Recipes - Church Window Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups/180 g all purpose/plain flour

• 1/3 cup/50 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

• 1 tbsp heavy/double cream

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 25 lightly crushed hard candies, mixed colors

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Method:

1. Stir together the confectioners' sugar, flour, salt, butter, cream, and vanilla in a large bowl to form a smooth dough.

2. Press into a disk, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm).

5. Use Christmas shaped cookie cutters, such as holly, stars, and snowmen, to cut out the cookies.

6. Continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the prepared cookie sheets, placing them 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.

7. Use a sharp knife to cut a small hole in each cookie. Place a candy piece in each hole.

8. Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned and the candies have melted. Let cool completely.