Recipe: Delicious Stained Glass Cookies

Recipe: Delicious Stained Glass Cookies Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Stained Glass Cookies. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and molasses until smooth. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture; blend well.

Stained Glass Cookies are sure to impress people of all ages!

These crisp buttery cookies are cut into festive shapes and filled with hard candies, then they're baked and the candy melts into an even layer for a beautiful stained glass effect.

A delicious cookie to add to the cookie tray this year, and save a few for the Christmas tree or window!

You can cook Stained Glass Cookies using 8 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Stained Glass Cookies

1. You need 1½ cups of All-purpose flour – and a little more for rolling.

2. You need ¼ teaspoon of Baking powder – + ⅛ tsp.

3. It’s ½ cup of Unsalted butter * – (1 stick) @ room temperature.

4. You need tsp of Salt * – ⅛.

5. It’s ½ + cups of Sugar – ⅛.

6. Prepare 2 of Egg yolks -.

7. It’s ½ tbsp of vanilla extract Pure –.

8. It’s ½ cup of Finely crushed hard candy (Jolly Rancher) in different colors –.

Remove sheets from oven; fill cutouts with crushed candy.

How to make stained glass cookies.

For stained window glass cookies, the dough needs to hold its shape during baking.

My sugar cookie dough recipe has the right ratios to ensure the cookies don't expand too much, leaving just enough space for the melted candies in the center.

Stained Glass Cookies instructions

1. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt (if using unsalted butter only)..

2. Beat the butter and sugar, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, until the mixture is light and airy..

3. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and beat again. This step can be done by hand too, with a whisk..

4. Keeping the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour and combine well/continue mixing by hand. At this stage you could use a wooden spoon or spatula..

5. Once the dough comes together, use your hands to knead it to make two discs..

6. Wrap them in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes..

7. After 30 minutes, preheat the oven to 350oF, with the racks placed on the upper and lower thirds..

8. Place one disc between a floured and folded parchment paper and roll it out to ⅛ inch thickness. Put the disc, along with the parchment paper, into the refrigerator for another 30 minutes..

9. Meanwhile work with the other disc and return it to the refrigerator. The original recipe calls for Christmas themed cookie cutters. Fall designs have been used here and you could pick any fancy shape you like..

10. Cut out the main cookies to about 2-2½ inch rounds/squares/desired shapes..

11. Place the cookies, one inch apart, on the cookie sheets..

12. Using the smaller shapes (Christmas/Fall/random shapes) cut out the middles. Bake the cookies for about 8-10 minutes till they are slightly set, but still light brown. Do remember to rotate the cookie sheets midway through the baking. The cut out portions can be baked along side the bigger ones..

13. Remove the cookies from the oven and fill the middles with the crushed candies. Return to the oven and continue baking until the edges brown a bit and the candy is completely melted. The smaller cookies may be done by this time, if not they can be returned to the oven too..

14. Remove and allow the cookies to cool completely before storing them in an airtight container. Bon Appètit..

Avoid store-bought dough as the cookies tend to spread too much!

These are cookies which have open spaces which are filled with crushed hard candy (yellow and red work best).

When baked, the candy melts and gives the appearance of "stained glass".

These beautiful stained glass cookies are buttery sugar cookies with a candy center.

A holiday classic that tastes as good as it looks!