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Stained Glass Star Cookies
Keepsake Cookies
Prep time:
30 minutes plus chillingBake time:
8 to 10 minutes“I always thought these festive, candy-filled cookies were hard to make until Grandma showed me how easy they were.”
Ingredients
Serves 24
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 rolls ring-shaped hard candies (such as Lifesavers), lightly crushed
Directions
1
Combine the butter, granulated sugar, confectioners' sugar and salt in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the flour, egg yolk and vanilla; beat on medium speed until a smooth dough forms. Shape into a disk and wrap well in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
2
Preheat the oven to 375F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
3
Roll one-third of the dough at a time on a lightly floured surface to an 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out cookies with a large star-shaped cookie cutter. Place on the prepared baking sheets. Cut out the centers of the cookies using a small star-shaped cookie cutter.
4
Place a single color crushed candy into each cutout in cookies to fill space completely. Bake until the cookies are light golden around the edges and the candy is melted, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies completely on baking sheets on wire racks.
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Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma crushed the candies by placing them in resealable plastic bags and then tapping them lightly with a rolling pin until they were broken into small pieces. But she did not crush different colored candies at the same time; she kept the colors separate.
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