Stained Glass Cross Cookies Recipes

STAINED GLASS COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition until fully incorporated. Add the vanilla and then slowly mix in the flour until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Remove the dough, press into a flat rectangle, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Cut the dough into thirds, wrap 1 piece back in the plastic wrap and return it to the refrigerator. Dust your work surface and the remaining 2 pieces of dough well with flour and roll out each to 3/16 inch with a rolling pin, moving the dough and dusting the top and bottom with additional flour if it becomes sticky. Cut out as many large stars as possible with a 4-inch star cookie cutter and place on the prepared baking sheets. Gather the scraps and reroll once to cut out more cookies. You should have a total of 12 stars. Cut a small star out of the middle of each large star with a 2-inch star cookie cutter and reserve for another use. (You can chill and bake the small stars separately or freeze for later.) Refrigerate the baking sheets until the dough is firm, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, separate the candy by color and place each color in a separate resealable plastic bag. Place a kitchen towel over the bags and crush the candy into small pieces using a rolling pin or meat mallet; do not pulverize. Fill the cut-out areas of the cookies two-thirds full with the crushed candy.
• Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until light golden brown and the candy has melted, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat the rolling, cutting, filling and baking process with the remaining piece of dough.

STAINED GLASS CROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F
• Cream your egg, butter, mayonnaise, sugar, and vanilla together in a bowl until creamy.
• Add in the baking powder, flour and salt and mix with a fork until the mixture is crumbly.
• If the mixture is still crumbly, mix with your hands until the dough sticks together well.
• Roll the dough out on a floured surface until the cookies are about 1/4" thick.
• Use the cookie cutters to cut out the large cross cookies and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Use the mini cross cookie cutter and cut out a mini cross from the large cross cookies.
• Use a food processor to crush the jolly rancher candies one color at a time.
• Use your fingers or a spoon to put in the crushed candies into the mini cross cavity.
• Bake them at 350F for 6 minutes.
• Then turn the pan and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
• Allow them to cool on the pan for 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely.