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Heat oven 350.
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degrees F.
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Chop your sugared gumdrops into small pieces, I use scissors, or a sugared or floured paring knife. A little tedious job, but once its done, the recipe is a breeze.
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Mix butter and sugar and cream well with wooden spoon.
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(If using hand mixer do not over beat the butter and sugar, this will make the butter ooozz out while baking and end up with a buttery greasy cookie.).
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Stir in the flour and the chopped gumdrops.( A tip is to use 1/4 cup of the flour tossed into the chopped gumdrops, so that they stay seperate after cutting.).
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Shape dough into balls. This doesnt want to hold together well, so just squeeze each ball tightly to form.
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Place onto cookie sheet.
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Press a greased glass into the granulated sugar, and then press down on each cookie to 1/2 inch thick.
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Cut the small drops into pieces and press a few into each cookie.
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Bake 10 minutes, or until edges are light golden.
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Remove to wire rack.
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Cool completely.
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You will see that these are crumbly to make balls, You might even think that they won't hold up.
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But do not add any more butter.
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That is the reason that the last drops are pressed into place before baking.
