Description
Create a buzz with these delicious honeycomb stained glass cookies! We used our graduated set of 9 hexagon cookie cutters, sized .75″ – 4″, melted down some yellow hard candies and attached adorable sugar bee decorations!
You will need:
- Hexagon Cutter Set
- Sugar Bee Decorations
- Royal Icing Mix or Clear Writing Gel
- Parchment Paper
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 8 oz hard yellow candies such as the NEW! Lemon Jolly Ranchers
Instructions:
- Beat butter, sugar, honey, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix well. Cover. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place dough on a lightly floured surface; roll out to 1/4″ thickness. Cut into hexagon shapes with floured cookie cutters. Make an interior cut with a smaller hexagon cutter, leaving a 1/2″-3/4″ border of dough. Remove dough from the center of each shape; set aside.
- Place cookie cut-outs on parchment-covered baking sheets. Shape remaining dough into a ball; re-roll to make additional cutouts.
- Crush the Lemon Jolly Ranchers between 2 layers of wax paper with a mallet. Spoon crushed candy inside the centers of cutouts.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are lightly browned. Cool cookies completely before removing from parchment.
- To attach the sugar bees, use either our Royal Icing Mix or Clear Writing Gel.
- Let icing/gel completely set before stacking and storing (4-6 hours or overnight).
- Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.