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Online Cookie Recipes for this Holiday Season :: Christmas
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Stained Glass Cookies
These traditional Christmas cookies are not for everyone.
They can be a little hard on the teeth, so be careful when
serving. They are very beautiful cookies and are wonderful
on the tree, or hung in windows. I like using exotic flavored
hard candies, but any hard candy works well.
2/3 cup softened unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 large eggs
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
8 ounces cranberry flavored hard candies, crushed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until
fluffy. Stir in the extracts and eggs and mix until well blended.
In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder,
and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternately
with the milk. Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface
to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with large cooki cutters into
assorted shapes. With small cookie or aspic cutters cut shapes
out of the larger cookies. Carefully place the cookies on
the prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle the crushed candies into
each whole. Bake the cookies for about six minutes, or until
the candy melts. Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, or
until the candy hardens. Carefully lift cookies off baking
sheet with spatula and finish cooling on wire racks. Store
in an airtight container.
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