1 c. butter
1 c. shortening
1 c. sugar & 1/4 c. honey (or 2 c. sugar)
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
5 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Lifesavers or hard candies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix butter, shortening, sugar, honey, eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix flour, soda and salt. Add flour mixture and chill the dough overnight.

4. On waxed paper roll out the dough and cut shapes with cookie cutters then cut out areas for "windows" or roll dough into "snakes", shape the snakes into cookies leaving some open spaces.

5. Place the cookies on a well greased cookie sheet. Fill the openings with crushed hard candies or a whole Lifesaver.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet. Makes 4 dozen cookies.