Best 3 Stained Glass Cutouts Recipes

STAINED-GLASS SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Add egg yolks and vanilla and beat to combine. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture and beat to combine. Form dough into 2 disks, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out dough between floured parchment paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Stack dough in parchment on a baking sheet; refrigerate until firm, 30 minutes. With a 2 1/2-inch Christmas-ball-shaped cutter, cut out dough (reroll scraps, if desired). Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on two parchment-lined baking sheets. With a 1-inch star cutter, cut out dough in center of each cookie. Bake until cookies are pale but set, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Remove sheets from oven; fill cutouts with crushed candy. Bake until cookies begin to brown at edges and candy is melted, 3 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

STAINED GLASS HEART COOKIES

Steps:

• Unroll and remove paper from Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups snacks. Using 1 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 66 small heart shapes.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, mix cookie mix, butter, flour and egg until soft dough forms. On lightly floured surface, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Using 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 22 large heart shapes. Using 1 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut center out of each large heart. Place the 22 small heart-shaped cookies on cookie sheet. Brush cookies lightly with water. Place 1 heart-shaped fruit snack cutout on each small cookie.
• Use small amount of water to "glue" 2 heart-shaped fruit snack cutouts together to make a double layer. Place on cookie sheet. Place large heart-shaped cookie with center removed on top of double layer of fruit snack hearts. Repeat with remaining fruit snacks and large heart cookies.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely.

STAINED GLASS TREES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl; set aside.
• Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg; mix until smooth, 1 minute. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and mix until combined. Stir in vanilla.Wrap dough in plastic, and refrigerate until cold, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Roll out chilled dough on a well-floured surface to a little more than 1/8 inch thick. Cut out shapes using a 5-inch tree-shape cookie cutter. Using a metal spatula, space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Using the tip of a paring knife, make a triangular cutout in center of each cookie for candy filling. Reroll scraps, and cut.
• Sprinkle candy in a single layer in hole of each cookie, avoiding edges of triangle. Refrigerate until dough is firm, about 15 minutes.
• Bake cookies until candy has melted and completely filled cutout and cookie edges are just starting to turn pale golden brown, 11 to 12 minutes. Do not let the cookies brown, or the candy centers may become bubbly. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks. Use a metal spatula to remove cookies from parchment.