Description
Delicious cookies with a fun Jolly Rancher surprise in the center!
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, I used Jolly Ranchers)
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 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. Then with the help of an offset spatula, transfer to the cookie sheet.
- Place one unwrapped hard candy in the empty center of each cookie. Avoid having the candy touch the edges of the cookie.
- Bake for 8 minutes (one sheet at a time), then check the cookies – if the candies are bubbling or close to bubbling, remove the cookies from the oven for 2 minutes, then return for an additional 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.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg