Stained Glass Cookies
Stained glass cookies are a great cookie to make for Christmas.
Stained Glass Cookies
Make these cookies for other holidays using different cookie cutters and candy colors.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
4 cups AP flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup hard candies
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Place the flour and salt into a large bowl and whisk together.
In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar using a paddle attachment.
Add eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl after each, then add vanilla.
Mix in the dry ingredients.
Remove from bowl and separate into two disks. Wrap disks with plastic wrap and freeze for one hour.
Roll the discs between two sheets of parchment paper to desired thickness. I cut mine 1/4″ thick.
Cut out shapes using a 3.5 inch or larger cookie cutters.
Place cookies on parchment-lined baking sheets and cut out a “window” in each cookie using smaller cookie cutters.
Crush candies in a ziplock bag and sprinkle inside each cookie.
Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Serve and enjoy!
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Paula…these little cookies are so sweet and will be fun to do with my granddaughters!! Those peanut butter look really delicious too…one of my all time favorite cookies! Doesn’t help that I’m hungry…ugh!
Enjoy your weekend,
June
Thank you so much, June!
Hi Paula! Oh, thank you for the instruction on how to do these cookies. They are so pretty and a little intimidating to me but maybe, just maybe I can do these too!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 🙂
You can totally do these, Shelia.
Paula, these are so cute! I am going to have to try this. Merry Christmas.
Thank you so much, Elizabeth!
I’m no baker, but it’s become my daughter’s holiday passion. I’m sending this to her in hopes she’ll make me some. They look great!!
These look great. I never looked into making stain glass cookies.
I never knew how it was done.
Thanks for sharing. Pinned!
Thank you, Cindy. I have memories of my mom making them when I was a child.
I’ve always wondered how these were made! So pretty and festive!
Thank you so much, Amy.
Oh, yum! These look so pretty, Paula. I’ve seen them before but never tried them. You make it look so easy. I’m going to have to save this recipe so I can bake them later!
Thank you so much, Jen.
I won’t be doing any baking this holiday as my arm is in a cast. However, I will be pinning! I think my gbaby would love them!
Oh no! I am so sorry that you are having to deal with a cast this busy time of year.
These take me back, Paula–my mom used to make them! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
Great memories!
I have always loved the look of these cookies but yet never made. They are so cute.
Now that’s a festive-looking cookie! Great recipe Paula. Pinned 😊
Thank you so much, Cindy.
The stained glass effect is really pretty!
Thank you so much, Marie.