Stained Glass Cookies
Super-easy but stunning cookies that make for great ornaments or just a delicious holiday treat!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 18 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup unsalted butter (226g, room temp)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
- 2 eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour (480g, sifted)
- 1/2 cup cornstarch (65g, sifted)
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt (3g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (5mL)
- 1/3 cup Hard candies (You can use any one you'd like.)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat to 375 degrees F.
- 2
Sift the flour, cornstarch and salt into a large bowl and whisk together.
- 3
In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together.
- 4
Add eggs one at a time then the vanilla while mixing on low.
- 5
Scrape the bowl down and mix in the dry mixture.
- 6
Separate dough into two disks. Wrap in plastic and chill for about an hour. I like to roll my dough out a bit between two sheets of plastic wrap at this point so there's less rolling later on.
- 7
Roll chilled dough to a 1/4 inch thickness.
- 8
Cut out a shape using a medium to large cookie cutter. Cut out the window shape on the inside using a smaller shape.
- 9
Poke a small hole at the top of the cookie. This is for the ornament hook.
- 10
Place cookies on a silpat lined baking sheet.
- 11
Add hard candies to a ziplock bag. Choose a brand and flavor of hard candies that you enjoy.
- 12
Crush up, then add to the inside of the cookies. Distribute evenly.
- 13
Bake for 12 minutes at 375F then allow to cool on baking sheet.
- 14
Add ornament hook if hanging.