Stained Glass Cookies

Yield: about 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Quaker oats (quick or old-fashioned; uncooked)
• 3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
• 3/4 cup strawberry preserves
• 3/4 cup apricot preserves
• 3/4 cup pineapple preserves (tinted green)

Instructions

1. Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Blend in egg and vanilla extract.
3. Add combined flour and salt; mix well. Stir in oats.
4. Chill for several hours.
5. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
6. Roll out dough about 1/8 inch thick on surface with confectioners' sugar. Cut with 3 inch assorted shaped cookie cutters. Using smaller cutter or sharp knife, cut out small design in center of half the cookies. Sprinkle nuts over cookies with cut-out centers. Press lightly. Place plain cookies onto prepared cookie sheet. Top each with about 1 teaspoon preserves, spreading slightly. Top with nut-covered cookies.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.