Heat oven to 350 degrees

Add butter & sugar to your mixer & beat on medium until well combined

Add flour - you can add additional butter by the tablespoon if the dough is too crumbly.

Add in red hots if mixing in- instead of placing after baking

Form dough into a ball & then flatten a little

Place on parchment & lay another piece of parchment on top

Roll with heavy rolling pin to flatten to about ½ inch

Use your cookie cutters to cut your x's & o's

Place on baking sheet - bake 20 minutes or until set.

Remove from oven- allow to cool on baking sheet completely before transferring to airtight container.

**If placing your candies on the cookies after baking to avoid melting- do so immediately after removing from oven.