stained-glass sugar hearts

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup crushed peppermint hard candies

Recipe

• cream together butter or margarine, shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla. add dry ingredients (except candy) and mix well. dough will be greasy.
• using a floured surface and rolling pin, roll out dough. cut out 2 inch heart shaped cookies. using a 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out a smaller heart in the middle of the larger one. put cookies on a foil lined cookie sheet.
• inside of cut-out heart, sprinkle crushed candy crumbs (such as red life savers or candy canes). spread the crumbs to the inside edges of the cookie.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degees c) for 10-12 minutes. when cookes have cooled, remove from sheets. the cookie can be frosted if you desire.