Christmas Specials! Our First Stained Glass Cookies!

Hi Everyone!

With barely a week to go for Christmas, EL the Cook tried this incredible recipe of Stained Glass Cookies!

These are the actual cookies and yes the can be hung on your tree, far from hungry little mouths to devour them! Just kidding, These cookies are easy to make and look shockingly good!

Just a tip, (people are honestly going to wonder if these cookies are edible! They look so great!)

Here's how to do it!

INGREDIENTS:

These make a dozen cookies:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 10-12 hard candies (such as Life Savers/ Poppins), preferably in several flavors/colors

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT :

• Kitchen Mace
• Baking sheet
• Parchement / Butter paper
• Steel Mortar & Pestle
• Large Bowl
• Cookie Cutters ( Large and small sizes)
•  Ziploc Bags
• 1 wooden skewer
• Electric Mixer

METHOD:

1 Pre-heat oven to 200°C. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

2 In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, add together butter and sugars until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add  vanilla extract, mixing until incorporated. Add egg and mix until light and smooth, about 1 minute on medium speed.

3 Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture. Use electric mixer to blend just until flour is incorporated. Divide your dough in half and flatten into two disks. Wrap disks in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least an hour

4 Remove any wrappers on candies and separate them by color into plastic bags. Using a mallet to crush candies.

5 Place one disk between two large sheets of butter paper and roll to 1/4-inch thickness. Using your cookie cutters to cut dough into desired shapes. Transfer cookies to baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Using a smaller cookie cutter or a knife, cut shapes into centers of cookies, reserving these center bits to add into extra dough.

6 Use a spoon to sprinkle the crushed candy into the hollowed-out centers of the cookies, filling to the edges. Try to keep the candy within the centers. Any candy specks that fall on the cookie will color the cookie, So Be Careful!

7 As your cookies will be hung as ornaments or decorations, poke a small hole in the top of each cookie with a wooden skewer before baking .

8 Bake 9 to 10 minutes. The candy should be melted and bubbling and the cookies just barely beginning to brown. Remove baking sheets from oven and place on wire racks to cool. Allow your cookies to cool on pans at least 10 minutes; otherwise, the candy centers may separate from the dough. When cookies are completely cooled, remove and store in an airtight container. String with ribbon when you want to hang as an ornament on your tree!