Stained Glass Cookies
Coooking Temperature: 177°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4
Calories: 7
Adjust Servings Here: 20 Cookies
Description
Snowflake stained glass cookies are festive gingerbread snowflakes with glowing candy centers. Easy to make, fun to decorate, and perfect for Christmas cookie trays or edible ornaments.
Ingredients
- 3 cup (375 g) All-purpose flour
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- 1 tbsp Ground ginger
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- ½ tsp Ground cloves
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg freshly grated
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ¾ cup (170 g) Butter unsalted, room temperature
- ¾ cup (165 g) Brown sugar light or dark
- ½ cup (120 ml) Molasses unsulphured
- 1 large Egg large
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Stained glass window
- 1 cup Candies various colors
Instructions
- Dry ingredients - In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices - cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.3 cup All-purpose flour, ½ tsp Baking powder, 1 tbsp Ground ginger, 1 tsp Cinnamon powder, ½ tsp Ground cloves, ¼ tsp Nutmeg, ¼ tsp Salt, ½ tsp Baking soda
- Dough - In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add the molasses and egg. Followed by flour mixture and vanilla extract. Combine well.¾ cup Butter, ¾ cup Brown sugar, ½ cup Molasses, 1 large Egg, 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Chill dough - Divide the dough into two, wrap in plastic wrap, and let chill until firm enough to roll - about 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 177°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. And line 2 x baking trays with parchment paper.
- Roll - Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to about ¼ inch thick. I like to use a patterned rolling pin for my cookies.
- Shape - Use a snowflake cookie cutter, cut the shape, and place it on a parchment-lined baking tray. Use a smaller snowflake cutter (about two sizes smaller) for the center.
- Candy - Fill the center with crushed candy, keeping it within the cavity. If you plan to hang these on the Christmas tree as ornament cookies, make a hole on top using a small round piping tip (about size 3), to tie the string and ensure it's not too close to the edges.1 cup Candies
- Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes or until slightly golden around the edges. When you take the cookies out of the oven, do not touch them. Leave them to cool on the baking tray until completely cooled.
- Garnish - You can dust the cookies with confectioner sugar (powdered sugar) or leave them as is.
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