Stained Glass Valentine Cookies
Servings: 24
Calories: 261kcal
Beatiful, tasty stained glass looking cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups butter softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean opened and seeds scraped out
- 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ teaspoon cardamom
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 40-50 red hard candies such as lifesavers or Jolly Ranchers
Instructions
- Sift together flour, salt and cardamom spice.
- Using electric mixer beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla bean, mix well, then add eggs and orange zest.
- Add flour mix a bit at a time, blend together until combined.
- Cut dough into 3 disks, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- When ready to bake preheat oven to 350º F.
- Crush hard candies ( I put candies in heavy duty ziploc bag and pound with meat hammer)
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper ( must use parchment paper or cookies with stick)
- On floured surface roll dough to ¼ inch thickness.
- Cut out large hearts, then with smaller heart cookie cutter cut smaller heart inside of large heart
- Place cookies on cookie sheet.
- Fill centre of heart with crushed candies being careful not to spill candies onto cookie dough.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. Just until edges start to brown.
- Cool completely before removing from parchment paper.
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Notes
Step by step instructions for decorating cookies with Royal Icing.
https://www.artandthekitchen.com/how-to-decorate-cookies-with-royal-icing/
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 204mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 374IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg