Description
Delicious cookies with a hard candy center that add a fun twist to a classic treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 36 translucent hard candies (unwrapped)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C), or 160°C fan oven. Prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a silicone mat and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or a mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until smooth, light in color and creamy (2-3 minutes).
- Add vanilla and egg and mix again until the egg is incorporated but don’t over whip.
- Add in the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix again until just combined. Scrape the sides with a spatula so no dry flour is left.
- The cookie dough should pull away from the sides of the bowl. If it doesn’t, add up to ½ cup of additional flour.
- Divide the dough into 4 portions, and roll out each using a rolling pin into ¼ inch thickness.
- Cut out shapes using a larger cookie cutter for the outer shape and a smaller cookie cutter for the inner shape. Transfer to the cookie sheet with an offset spatula.
- Place one unwrapped hard candy in the empty center of each cookie. If your inner shape is too small, crush the candies to create smaller pieces.
- Bake for 8 minutes (one sheet at a time), then check the cookies. If the candies are bubbling, remove the cookies for 2 minutes, then return to the oven for another 2 minutes or until the cookies are set.
- When cookies are set, remove from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Notes
- To avoid having the candies bubble up too high, keep an eye on them while baking.
- If the dough is too moist, you can add a bit more flour to help it pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg