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Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Nov 15, 2022
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Kids will have so much fun making these stained glass sugar cookies that resemble decorative stained glass windows! Whether you use this stained glass cookie recipe for a holiday party or cookie exchange—or just hang the cookies on your tree as festive ornaments—these easy Christmas stained glass cookies are sure to impress.

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Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 1 hr 45 min
  • Ingredients 3
  • Servings 34
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. Place 2 to 3 candies of the same color in small plastic bag; seal bag. With hammer or flat side of meat mallet, gently pound to crush candy. Repeat with remaining candies, using several different colors.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Mix in flour with spoon or hands, until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) On lightly floured work surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick, using additional flour as needed to prevent sticking. Cut out dough with floured 3-inch cookie cutter. With smaller cookie cutter (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches), cut out center of cookie.
  • Step 
    3
    Place large cutouts 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Place 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed candy in center of each cutout cookie, making sure candy touches edges of cookie. (Do not mound candy in centers of cookies.)
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until edges of cookies are light golden brown and candy is melted and fills center of cookie. Cool about 10 minutes on cookie sheets or until candy is hardened. Remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    On separate ungreased cookie sheet, place small center cutouts. Bake 4 to 6 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

70 Calories
2 1/2g Total Fat
0g Protein
11g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars

Tips from the

Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    To make sugar glass cookie ornaments, make a hole in the top of each unbaked cookie with a small drinking straw. Reshape the holes if necessary after baking. After decorating, cut and then insert a 9- or 12-inch piece of ribbon through the hole of each cookie and tie in a knot or bow.
  • tip 2
    For a fun swirly stained glass sugar cookie, mix two colors of crushed candies.
  • tip 3
    For best results, bake one cookie sheet at a time in the center of the oven.
  • tip 4
    Choose a set of cookie cutters with multiple sizes that work well for cutting the middle out of each cookie. You can often find the same cookie cutter in more than one size!
  • tip 5
    Make your stained glass cookies and smaller cutout cookies extra special by decorating them with cookie icing, colored sugars or sprinkles. Pipe icing onto the cookies and immediately top with sugar or sprinkles as desired. For best results, leave the stained glass cent...
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