These cookies have open spaces filled
with crushed hard candy (bright colors work best). When baked, the candy melts and the cookie becomes a lovely stained glass window.
We don't recommend eating them, they are mostly for decoration. They can be eaten, but the melted candy gets very hard.
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
40 pieces of colored hard candy
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets very well or line with parchment paper. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with milk. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1/4 to ½ inch wide strips and, on a well-buttered baking sheet, form into window frames. Alternately, cut with graduated cookie cutters so that there is a hole in the middle of each cookie. Keeping the colors separate, place candy in plastic bags and crush into small bits. Place crushed candies inside window frames. Bake for six minutes, or until candy is just melted. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, until candy is hard. Carefully lift cookies off baking sheet with spatula.
A cookie baker in FL Nov 27, 2005
Would not make this again.
yuck!
Nov 2, 2005
Would make this again.
I made these with life savers, easier to crush and better to eat. I use a very large copper cookie cutter tree shaped, and the tiny vegetable cutter shapes to make ornaments on the tree, which are the stained glass part.
Kelty in Orangeville, Ontario Canada Oct 24, 2005
Would make this again.
I tried this recipe "as is" and thought it was ok, but I like to add some of my own touches. I substituted eggnog for the milk and used rum butter candies instead. Using a little less candy in your stained glass spaces makes them easier to eat and parchment paper is a must to get them off your pans. I also added a bit of nutmeg to spice it up. Try adding your favorite spice to jazz them up a bit. Maybe a peppermint variation? MMMMMMMMMM.
A cookie baker in Mission Viejo, CA Dec 20, 2004
Would make this again.
I was so happy to find this recipe, I haven't made these cookies since 1967 when I learned how to make them in home economics at Van Buren Jr. High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We used cookie cutters and just cut out centers of cookies. We also made them with life saves, they were easier to crush.
Linda R. in Albany, New York Dec 10, 2004
Would make this again.
These make great ornaments! I took a straw and pierced a hole in the top before baking so that I could hang them with pretty ribbon and raffia. They also taste good, however, the candy is very hard so you want to take small bites.
Alyse in Erie,Pennsylvaina Nov 29, 2004
Would make this again.
I made these cookikes with my neice ansd then we put them on the tree. Since it was our first time making them it was a little difficult, but we would make them again
michelle gibson in franklin kentucky Dec 3, 2003
Would make this again.
i made this with my girl scout troop and we loved it and so did their moms i sure would do this agian and again.
Rose Hein in Huntington, Indiana Dec 2, 2003
Would make this again.
I made these as christmas tree decoration's and had my 3 grandsons help and yes we would try this again we had a blast!! thanks
Sep 13, 2003
Would not make this again.
It wasn't very tasty. And it was very complicating to make.
Eva Whitley in Uniontown, Maryland Jul 4, 2003
Would make this again.
I used foil to line the baking sheet and also didn't cut out the dough but made snake-like "ropes" and filled in the middles with candy. Next time, I'm going to try these with Skittles!
