Stained Glass Window Cookies Recipe
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Stained Glass Window Cookies

By: Kim Hogan 
"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"."

 

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Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 40 fruit flavored hard candies

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and eggs.
  3. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with milk.
  4. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide strips and, on a well-buttered baking sheet, form into window frames.
  5. Keeping the colors separate, place candy in plastic bags and crush with a meat mallet. Place crushed candies inside window frames.
  6. Bake for six minutes, or until candy is just melted. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, until candy is hard. Carefully lift cookies off baking sheet with spatula.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 242 | Total Fat: 7.7g | Cholesterol: 42mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2003 by SINESSE   view full review
My mother and I loved making these cookies! We took the advice from the reviewer who...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 7, 2003 by JUBIE66   view full review
After reading the other reviews, I decided to make these cookies, but keeping in mind that...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2003 by TYM4COFFY   view full review
I used this recipe with stars at Christmas...I found that using the lifesavers-R five flavors...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2008 by BakerGirl04   view full review
This recipe is awesome! The only thing I might suggest is spliting up the dough into 3...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 5, 2007 by irelandwhispers   view full review
Like others, I increased the sugar and vanilla and decreased the milk. The dough was still...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2002 by SMAMOM   view full review
Our "Valentine Window" cookies turned out beautifully! We used a 4" heart with a smaller...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 8, 2003 by BABYWILLMAKE4   view full review
try using hard cinamon candy instead! makes a very nice twist!
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 21, 2003 by Pam   view full review
Cookies were good but they stuck fast to the cookie sheet and broke when trying to get them...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2006 by M. Johnson   view full review
Read rewiew on how the dough wasn't to flavorful so decided to make sugar cookie dough. The...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.2 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 21, 2003 by CINDYJ60   view full review
I was really disappointed... The dough was too soft, and the "cutting and pasting" was a...

 

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