Stained Glass Cookie Recipe

These are cookies which have open spaces which are filled with crushed hard candy (yellow and red work best) After baking they appear to look like stained glass.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tbs milk
• 40 fruit flavored hard candies

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Or use parchment paper as a liner.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and eggs.
3. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with milk. Refrigerate dough about 45 minutes before rolling.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. . Cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide strips and, on a well-buttered baking sheet, form into window frames.
5. Place candies inside window frames.
6. Bake for 10 minutes, or until candy is just melted. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, until candy is hard. Carefully lift cookies off baking sheet with spatula.

Yield 3 dozen

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