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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Nittany Mom Dec 20, 2009
Would make this again.
Used this conceot to make stained glass windowns for our gingerbread house. It was really cute. five stars

A cookie baker in nv. Dec 16, 2009
Would make this again.
A Very good Receipe. I bake and cook alot. the cooking time is good. texture is great. i like using life saver candy. I think it makes a more authenic looking stained glass cookie. five stars

aunt michele in New Jersey Dec 7, 2009
Would make this again.
we had so much fun baking these cookies, they look so beautiful. Me and my nieces can't wait to start baking them again this year. they are a must try...it's a traditional event if you don't eat them. five stars

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

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