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Stained Glass Cookies

December 15, 2013 by Laureen King 4 Comments

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Stained glass cookies are made using an easy technique of melting Lifesaver or Jolly Rancher type candies in the cut out centre of cookies.
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Stained glass cookies are made using an easy technique of melting Lifesaver or Jolly Rancher type candies in the cut out centre of cookies. One of my favourite techniques for beautiful decorative cookies.

Stained glass cookies

Make up a batch of your favorite sugar cookie recipe and then follow the steps below. Here are two of my all time favorite Sugar Cookie recipes. Cardamom Orange and Pumpkin Spice.

Stained glass cookies

Now all you need is some crushed up hard candies. I use lifesavers because I love the taste of them, but Jolly Ranchers, or any hard candy will work.  Add more detail by using some Royal Icing to outline or add other decorative touches.

Stained Glass Cookies

Laureen King
Stained glass cookies are made using an easy technique of melting Lifesaver or Jolly Rancher type candies in the cut out centre of cookies.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course cookies, Dessert
Servings 2 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • Sugar cookie dough
  • 25 hard candies such as Life Savers or Jolly Ranchers

Instructions
 

  • Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe. Here's my favourite
  • Crush hard candies ( I put candies in heavy duty ziploc bag and pound with meat hammer). You can also used a food grinder.
  • Line cookie sheet with parchment paper ( must use parchment paper or cookies with stick)
  • On floured surface roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
  • Cut out cookies with your favorite cookie cutter shapes, then with smaller cookie cutter shape (ensure it fits inside large shape)
  • Cut smaller shape inside of larger shape.
  • Place cookies on cookie sheet.
  • Fill centre shape with crushed candies being careful not to spill candies onto cookie dough.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes. Just until edges start to brown. Candies will melt as cookie bakes.
  • Cool completely before removing from parchment paper.
  • Add extra decorative touches with Royal Icing if you like!

Notes

To add more decorative touch decorate with Royal Icing. See recipe here
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Stained glass cookies

A stained glass Shamrock cookie for St. Patrick’s Day. Shamrock Stained Glass Cookies

Here’s using stained glass technique on gingerbread cookies.

Gingerbread stained glass cookies

Gingerbread stained glass cookies

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  1. Tara

    December 30, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    These are stunning!!

    Reply
    • Laureen King

      December 31, 2013 at 12:11 am

      thanks Tara!

      Reply

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