Stained Glass Heart Cookies on a Stick for Valentine’s Day

1/3 cup butter, softened

2 Tbsp. canola or olive oil

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

2 tsp. vanilla

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

red hard candies or lollipops, crushed

lollipop or popsicle sticks (about 1 1/2 dozen)

In a large bowl, beat butter, oil, and sugar with an electric mixer until well combined. Add egg and vanilla and beat for a minute, until smooth and light.

In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the sugar mixture and stir by hand just until you have a soft dough. Shape the dough into a disc, cover and let it sit for about half an hour.

350 F. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out until it's about 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies using a 2-3-inch cookie cutter or glass rim. Reroll the scraps once to get as many cookies as possible. Using a small heart shaped cutter, cut windows in the cookies.

10-12 minutes, until pale golden around the edges and the candy is melted. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Makes about 3 dozen

2 3/4" cookies.

Makes about 1 1/2 dozen cookies on a stick.