Stained Glass Window Cookies

These cookies have open spaces filled
with crushed hard candy (bright colors work best). When baked, the candy melts and the cookie becomes a lovely stained glass window.

We don't recommend eating them, they are mostly for decoration. They can be eaten, but the melted candy gets very hard.

2/3 cup butter or margarine
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 pieces of colored hard candy

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets very well or line with parchment paper. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with milk. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1/4 to ½ inch wide strips and, on a well-buttered baking sheet, form into window frames. Alternately, cut with graduated cookie cutters so that there is a hole in the middle of each cookie. Keeping the colors separate, place candy in plastic bags and crush into small bits. Place crushed candies inside window frames. 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.

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Reviews of Stained Glass Window Cookies:

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A cookie baker Dec 16, 2008
Would make this again.
perfect for me and my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! five stars

A Cookie Fan in VT Dec 4, 2007
Would make this again.
I've made these and love them. Not only are they fun to look at, but they're also tasty. Mine were star and circle shaped. I, too, used crushed lifesavers. Very fun to hang them on the tree (make a hole in one corner before baking) and hanging them off the tree with ribbon. Better than candy canes for the kids! five stars

cook-cook in nj Dec 3, 2006
Would make this again.
I truley loved these cookies but I really couldn't eat them so it was dissapointing. four stars

Sue in Ohio May 25, 2006
Would make this again.
When my children were small they got a big kick out of making these. It was something special to do with them. Now that I remembered about these, I can make them with my grandchildren. It gives them pride and confidence in themselves. five stars

marie in texas Dec 1, 2005
Would make this again.
Candied cherries work great in place of hard candy, and look pretty and taste good. three stars

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