Stained Glass Cookies

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: All-Star Holiday Gifts

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (21)

Cook Time:
12 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 cookies

Times:

Prep: 35 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 12 min
Total:: 47 min

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Ingredients

1 package (17.5 ounces) sugar cookie mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
1/3 cup cream cheese, softened in microwave for 45 seconds
1 egg
1 teaspoon lemon extract
3 tablespoons cake flour
8 ounces hard candies, assorted colors (recommended: Jolly Ranchers or LifeSavers)

Special Equipment:

Baking sheets
Aluminum foil and cooking spray
Mixing bowl
Flour
Rolling pin
Oversized (4 to 5-inch) ornament-shaped cookie cutter
Smaller cutters, round or square
Cooling rack

Directions

Line baking sheets with aluminum foil and spray lightly with cooking spray. Alternatively, you can use a silicone baking mat.

In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients, except hard candies, until dough ball forms. Split dough in half and form into disks.

Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies with oversized (4 to 5-inch) ornament-shaped cookie cutters. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets spaced 1-inch apart. On each of the large cookies, cut out 3 or 4 smaller shapes using 1/2 to 1-inch cookie cutters. If cookies are to be used as ornaments, make a hole at the top with a straw. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

While cookies chill, place unwrapped hard candies, sorted by color, in separate zip-top resealable bags. Squeeze air from bags and seal; crush candies with rolling pin. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Remove cookies from refrigerator and fill centers of cookies with

crushed hard candies.

Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden. Cool completely on baking sheet on a rack.

Repeat with remaining dough.

Store completely cooled cookies separated by waxed paper in an air-tight container for 1 week.

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recipe Stained Glass Cookies
Michele Las Vegas, NV 01-14-2009
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Families Favorite Christmas Cookie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this reciepe as one of my Christmas cookies. My first go at them was difficult but I followed the directions and they... came out perfect. I made them the following year and found some tricks to help perfect them. The key is to keep the dough as cold as possible so the cookie will maintain the best shape. Also it's important not to over cook them. This year, to the disappointment of my family, I did not make them for Christmas. Everyone was so upset that after Christmas I bought special stained glass window cookie cutters and from now on these will be the only cookies I make at Christmas.Read more
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Holly Orlando, FL 12-23-2008
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Worked Wonderfuly
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I read all of these reviews and i am sad to say that all of you who had trouble must be horrible cooks because simple changes... to the recipe made wonderful results. The cookies I and my boyfriend made looked amazing and tasted very, very yummy. Just remember to only put the oven on at 350 rather then 375 and you will love the results. We used jolly ranchers and it was delicious. I hope that when someone is new to the site like myself and is just trying to find a lovely recipe to cook will not be discouraged by the horrible comments that people with bad judgment wrote, Once again all of the batches of cookies myself and my boyfriend made turned out wonderful. Thank you for this lovely recipe. Read more
recipe Stained Glass Cookies
Tammie Mount Vernon, OH 12-20-2007
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Disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Our cookies did not work at all. It only made a big mess on my pans and we will never make this recipie today. The candy... melted all over my pan, and The cookies had to be cooked too long cuz the candy didn't melt. Will not make it again!!!!!!!!! -Tammie-Read more
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Karen L'Anse, MI 12-15-2007
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Turned out great, and sooo....pretty
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used a different suger cookie/cream cheese recipe and also added cherry juice and chopped maraschino cherries with a bit of... food coloring. These really turned out pretty. I baked them at 360 and I crushed my Jolly Ranchers finely and had no problem. They didn't burn, the colors didn't run, and they were easy to eat. I think if the candy is too thick it probably would be hard to eat. I didn't like the large cookies though. They were too hard to handle and I would have been there all night. I used regular cookie cutters and just put a circle (used the top of a soda bottle) in each one. Even with one circle they still looked fine. I wish I did have children to help me. If my son was still small, I am sure he would have loved making these.Read more
recipe Stained Glass Cookies
Jennifer Cresco, IA 12-06-2007
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Pleasantly surprised
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I am pleased with how well these turned out for me, after reading some of the reviews. I set the oven at 350 degrees as some... had suggested. They took 10 minutes in my oven. I used only red and green jolly ranchers, and they turned out beautiful. I especially love the large Christmas tree cutout, with ornaments made from poking a straw. The smaller shapes seem to be easier to eat, rather than biting into a large wafer of hard candy. The cookies themselves are chewy and rich.Read more
recipe Stained Glass Cookies
Pietro Beaumont, CA 05-07-2007
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Pretty tasty!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Not too shabby, but I think the cookies puffed up a bit more than I liked.