How to Make Shamrock Stained Glass Cookies

St Patricks day is as everyone knows on March 17th, but as we say in our house, there is never just one day to enjoy your heritage. It can and should be embraced and enjoyed as often as possible. Being of Irish heritage myself, and being plunked down in the midst of a huge Italian family, I sometimes find myself searching for ways to remind my sons of the other side of their parental duo. Shamrock glass cookies are one of those ways. Easy to make and tasty to eat, they are the kind of cookie that works equally as well as a family treat, classroom goodie or even taken to the office to celebrate St Pats day. It is so simple in fact to make that scout troups, clubs and even fund raisers can easily whip up a batch of these goodies which are, as I've found, an instant hit. Yummy to eat, eye catching and just different enough to be attention grabbing, these cookies are beyond a doubt, a great one for Irish lovers of all ages!

Supplies needed:
! package of premade sugar cookie dough (don't worry about buying those name brand ones, the generic work just as well and are a lot less expensive as well)
Green colored hard candies (life savers if you can find them are perfect or you can use jolly ranchers apple flavored ones)
ziploc bags
rolling pin
2 shamrock shaped cookie cutters, (one should be slighly smaller than the other one)
Optional: green decorative sugar
Aluminum foil
Cookie sheet
Note: This recipe makes approximately 2 dozen cookies