These Stained Glass Cookies are works of art. Hold them up, and you can see through their candy centers. They can look like red glass ornaments on your cookie trees, and the cutouts in turn can be decorated with colored sugar and adorn another cookie tree. They were a gorgeous addition to my Christmas cookie baskets.
These ornament cookies look almost too pretty to eat, like they should be hung up on a real tree to catch the light.
And for some variation, a light brushing of water followed by a sprinkling of colorful sugar also makes your cookies festive.
The method couldn't be easier. After the cookies bake for a few minutes, pull them out and sprinkle crushed hard candy into the cavities, then bake a little longer. But Joe and I were doubtful, and you should have heard us preparing.
I don't think the oven is hot enough to melt the candy.
Of course it is! ... but if I pile it too high, will it overflow?
Is the the candy going stay in place or flow like a river?
I can tell you that the candy will spread, but only so much. So you may want to sprinkle a little extra in the points of those stars and snowflakes. And our little mounds of crushed candy sat taller than the cookies, but did not overflow. Try it ... I bet people will tell you they've never seen anything like it!
I don't think the oven is hot enough to melt the candy.
Of course it is! ... but if I pile it too high, will it overflow?
Is the the candy going stay in place or flow like a river?
I can tell you that the candy will spread, but only so much. So you may want to sprinkle a little extra in the points of those stars and snowflakes. And our little mounds of crushed candy sat taller than the cookies, but did not overflow. Try it ... I bet people will tell you they've never seen anything like it!
