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STAINED GLASS COOKIES
01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
STAINED GLASS COOKIES
3/4 cup softened unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Various colors of hard candy
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the egg and mix until combined.
Add flour, salt and vanilla, and mix until combined.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough 1/4-inch thick. Use various sized cookie cutters to cut cookie shapes and then cut smaller “windows” into these shapes. Transfer to the cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.
Crush candy in separate sealed plastic bags with a rolling pin or meat mallet. Fill the cookie windows with crushed candy.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden, rotating cookie sheets halfway through. Let cookie sheets cool on wire racks for a few minutes before gently removing cookies with a metal spatula to continue cooling.
Makes 3 to 4 dozen cookies depending on cookie-cutter size.
— From Field Guide to Cookies
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