Stained-glass Christmas cookies

Instructions

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.