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.
Beat in the molasses and vanilla extract.
You can cook Stained Glass Cookies using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Stained Glass Cookies
- You need of Margarine.
- Prepare of Sugar.
- You need of Egg.
- You need of Flour.
- You need of Candies.
Mix sugar, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. It was time for our annual neighborhood cookie exchange and I needed a new recipe to try! Knowing that Dorie Greenspan had a recipe for stained glass cookies that my "Dorista" pals were.
Stained Glass Cookies step by step
- Mix the margarine (brought to room temperature) and sugar, add the beaten egg, and mix well..
- Add the sifted flour into Step 1, and mix with a spatula. Roll into a ball by hand at the end..
- Roll out the Step 2 dough to 3-5 mm thick with a rolling pin, and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter. Cut out the centres with a smaller cookie cutter, then place the candies inside..
- Bake in the preheated oven at 170℃ (340℉) for 15-20 minutes. If the candies are not melting, adjust the baking time..
- You can use them as ornaments if the room is cool..
These beautiful stained glass cookies are buttery sugar cookies with a candy center. A holiday classic that tastes as good as it looks! If you've never made stained glass window cookies before, this is the year you need to try. Remove sheets from oven; fill cutouts with crushed candy. Prepare an ice bath; set aside.