It's officially 3:07a.m. and I've baked 3 different types of cookies but the cutest by far are the stained glass cookies. These get more points for looks than taste, but they're definitely worth it! They will make you look like an advanced baker. Mine are kinda wobbly but it's also 3a.m.! You can even put a small hole in them and make ornaments out of them. I used star cookie cutters but you can use any shape, as long as you have a smaller cookie cutter to use for the center.
1 cup sugar
2 sticks butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
Assorted brightly colored, hard candies
1 (2 to 3-inch) star cookie cutter
Special Equipment: 1 small triangle cookie cutter
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the sugar and butter until smooth. Add the egg and the vanilla extract.
Mix in the flour.
Remove the dough from the mixer and press into a rectangular shape. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Remove from the refrigerator and cut dough into 1/3. Roll out dough, 1 piece at a time to a 3/16-inch thickness.
Cut out as many large stars as possible. Repeat with all of the dough.
Cut a small triangle out of each the arms on each star.
Place the hard candy, by color, into small plastic bags. Place a towel over the bags and crush the candy with a meat mallet.
Place all of the cookies on parchment lined sheet pans. In each of the triangle holes, fill with different colors of crushed hard candy.
Bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown, and the candy has melted.
Tips:
*Jolly Ranchers really keep the taste and color...I used LifeSavers last year and the color wasn't so clear and the melted candy tasted like cough syrup:(
*Cut the center once you've already put the cookie on an ALUMINUM FOIL OR PARCHMENT COVERED cookie sheet. Use a toothpick to remove the dough in the center.
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