Magnifying Glass Cookies

Ho, ho, ho! In addition to baking her family's traditional favorites this year, Mrs. Hudson decided to give stained glass cookies a canonical makeover by creating a magnifying glass cookie. In the photo below the end product is taken through its paces by Mrs. Hudson's daughter Mrs. Turner:

How to:

1. Get hold of some blue-and-white candy canes or another appropriately-colored type of hard candy. Crush them up. 

2. Make or purchase some basic sugar cookie dough. Roll out, cut into circles and cut smaller circles out of the circles. Roll and shape the inner circle that you just cut out into a handle for the magnifying glass and press onto an edge of the circle. Fill the middle of the circle with the crushed candies.

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookies are slightly golden and the sugar is melted. Give the melted sugar a little swirl with a knife. Add a cocoa glaze if you want.