Stained Glass Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4 rolls ring-shaped hard candies, crushed, i.e. LifeSavers

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F
Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended.
Add flour and baking soda; mix well.
Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
Roll dough to 1/8\" thickness on lightly floured surface.
Cut into assorted shapes using 3\" cookie cutters, or, drop as balls onto cookie sheet.
Place on greased baking sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
Transfer cookies to rack; immediately press about 1/2 t crushed candies onto each hot cookie. If the candies aren't sticking, you can also add frosting first.
Cool completely on wire racks. (Easy way to crush the candies: Separate by color. Place each color in a resealable plastic bag and crush using rolling pin or meat mallet).