Stained-glass Christmas cookies

These low-cost cookies look impressive hanging on your Christmas tree or in a window - that's if they last that long!

Serves: 25 (makes 25 cookies)

Time to make: 45 mins , plus chilling time for dough

Hands-on time: 30 mins

Ingredients

100g reduced-fat spread
100g brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 egg
250g wholemeal flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
8 different-coloured hard-boiled lolliessweets, candyX
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Instructions

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1 Preheat oven to 180°C and line two oven trays with baking paper.

2 Beat spread and sugar in a large bowl until creamy and light. Mix in vanilla essence and egg.

3 Slowly add flour and baking powder. Mix until mixture forms a dough. Remove from bowl, wrap in plastic wrap and place in fridge to chill for 30 minutes.

4 Place lollies into re-sealable bags and crush with a rolling pin.

5 Place chilled dough between 2 sheets of baking paper. Roll out with a rolling pin until 5mm thick. Use cutters to cut cookies. Roll up leftover dough and repeat until all dough is used.

6 Place cookies onto baking trays and cut smaller stars from centres of cookies or use a small round cutter. Sprinkle crushed lollies into cut-out areas and use a skewer to make a hole at the top of the cookie.

7 Bake for 10-15 minutes until lollies have melted and cookies are golden brown.

8 Once cookies have cooled, thread string through holes and hang on Christmas tree branches.

HFG tip

Make dough ahead of time and store in fridge for up to a week.
Keep colours separate when crushing lollies.
Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 78 cal

Kilojoules 320 kJ

Protein 2 g

Total fat 3 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 10 g

Sugar 5 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 50 mg

Calcium 10 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.