Sugar Cookie Blossoms

 

1

cup granulated sugar

1

cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2

teaspoon vanilla

1

egg

2 1/4

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

Assorted colored sugars

Small pastel-colored candies

• 1 Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and egg with spoon until smooth. Stir in flour.
• 2 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. (If dough is too soft to shape, cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.) Roll balls in colored sugars. On ungreased cookie sheet, place about 2 inches apart.
• 3 With kitchen scissors or paring knife pointing down, snip each ball in half, cutting three-fourths of the way through dough; cut each half into 3 wedges for petals.
• 4 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Immediately press 1 candy into each cookie. Cool completely.