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Circle and Christmas tree shaped ginger bread cookies with melted candy center.

How to Make Stained Glass Cookies

Course: cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: stained glass cookies, Holiday cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 89kcal
Author: Laureen King
Step by step instructions for making stained glass looking cookies.
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Ingredients

  • cookie dough gingerbread or sugar cookie
  • colorful hard candy life savers, jolly ranchers

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350º F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Very important to do this or the cookies will stick!
  • Roll out your favorite cookie dough to ¼ inch thickness.
  • Cut into desire shapes with larger cookie cutter, then use smaller cookie cutter to cut inside shape.
  • Crush candies into small chunks.
  • Fill center of cookies with crushed candies.
  • Bake 7-10 minutes. Cool cookies before removing from baking sheet.
  • Keep a close eye on the cookies while they are baking to ensure the candy centers don't burn.

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Notes

For great cookie dough try my recipes
Gingerbread Cookies
Best Ever Sugar Cookies

Nutrition

Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.3mg