Best 10 Cut Glass Cookies Recipes

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Embark on a delectable journey into the realm of classic confectionery with our exploration of the enticing Cut Glass Cookies. These exquisite treats, crafted with meticulous care and precision, have captured the hearts of cookie enthusiasts for generations. Renowned for their captivating aesthetic and delightful flavor, Cut Glass Cookies are a testament to the enduring charm of traditional baking. As we delve into the secrets behind their creation, we'll uncover the perfect balance of ingredients and techniques that transform simple dough into shimmering works of art, ready to tantalize your taste buds and elevate any occasion.

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STAINED GLASS COOKIES



Stained Glass Cookies image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 3h10m

Yield 18 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting (see Cook's Note)
1/4 cup assorted brightly colored hard candies (about 8 pieces)

Steps:

  • Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition until fully incorporated. Add the vanilla and then slowly mix in the flour until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Remove the dough, press into a flat rectangle, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
  • Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
  • Cut the dough into thirds, wrap 1 piece back in the plastic wrap and return it to the refrigerator. Dust your work surface and the remaining 2 pieces of dough well with flour and roll out each to 3/16 inch with a rolling pin, moving the dough and dusting the top and bottom with additional flour if it becomes sticky. Cut out as many large stars as possible with a 4-inch star cookie cutter and place on the prepared baking sheets. Gather the scraps and reroll once to cut out more cookies. You should have a total of 12 stars. Cut a small star out of the middle of each large star with a 2-inch star cookie cutter and reserve for another use. (You can chill and bake the small stars separately or freeze for later.) Refrigerate the baking sheets until the dough is firm, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, separate the candy by color and place each color in a separate resealable plastic bag. Place a kitchen towel over the bags and crush the candy into small pieces using a rolling pin or meat mallet; do not pulverize. Fill the cut-out areas of the cookies two-thirds full with the crushed candy.
  • Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until light golden brown and the candy has melted, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat the rolling, cutting, filling and baking process with the remaining piece of dough.

STAINED-GLASS SUGAR COOKIES



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Filling the cutouts of these sugar cookies with crushed hard candy yields the most striking stained glass effect.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 1h

Yield Makes 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 large egg yolks
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Very finely crushed hard candy, such as Jolly Rancher, in various colors (1 cup total)

Steps:

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Add egg yolks and vanilla and beat to combine. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture and beat to combine. Form dough into 2 disks, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out dough between floured parchment paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Stack dough in parchment on a baking sheet; refrigerate until firm, 30 minutes. With a 2 1/2-inch Christmas-ball-shaped cutter, cut out dough (reroll scraps, if desired). Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on two parchment-lined baking sheets. With a 1-inch star cutter, cut out dough in center of each cookie. Bake until cookies are pale but set, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Remove sheets from oven; fill cutouts with crushed candy. Bake until cookies begin to brown at edges and candy is melted, 3 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 254 g, Fat 11 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 7 g

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE CUTOUT COOKIES



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This recipe is my grandmother's. this will be the best chocolate cutout cookie you have ever tasted! Very chocolaty with a lot of taste! Everyone asks for the recipe when I bake these! The kids love them so its time to share!! ENJOY!

Provided by KRISTA3

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Cut-Out Cookie Recipes

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter, softened
1 ¼ cups white sugar
1 egg

Steps:

  • Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients to form a soft dough. Divide dough into 2 pieces, flatten and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Dough is sticky so be sure to add more flour to the rolling surface as needed. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 85.9 calories, Carbohydrate 11.9 g, Cholesterol 15.3 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 50.2 mg, Sugar 7 g

BROKEN GLASS DESSERT



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When it's cut into squares, this dessert looks just like stained-glass windows. The buttery graham cracker crust pairs perfectly with the lovely creamy topping. —Kathy Crow, Cordova, Alaska

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield 15 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 package (3 ounces) lime gelatin
4-1/2 cups boiling water, divided
1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin
1 package (3 ounces) orange gelatin
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1 cup pineapple juice
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Steps:

  • Combine lime gelatin and 1-1/2 cups boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Pour into a lightly greased 8x4-in. loaf pan; chill until very firm. Repeat to make the strawberry and orange gelatins in separate pans. Combine the crumbs, sugar and butter; press into a greased 13x9-in. dish. Chill. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, soften unflavored gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes. In a small saucepan, bring pineapple juice to a boil. Stir in unflavored gelatin until dissolved. Transfer to a large bowl; set aside until room temperature, 20-30 minutes. , When flavored gelatins are firm, cut into 1/2-in. cubes. In a large bowl, whisk whipped topping into pineapple juice mixture. Gently fold 2/3 of the cubes into whipped topping mixture. Spoon over crust; top with the remaining cubes. Chill for at least 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 183 calories, Fat 4g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 86mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (29g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 3g protein.

MAGIC WINDOW COOKIES



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Melted candy is the magic for sugar cookies with colored windows.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h25m

Yield 72

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 rolls (about 1 oz each) ring-shaped hard candies or other fruit-flavored hard candies

Steps:

  • In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
  • Heat oven to 375°F. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper or foil. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll one-third of dough at a time 1/8 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Cut shapes from centers of cookies as desired. Place cookies on parchment paper.
  • Place whole or partially crushed pieces of candy in cutouts, depending on size and shape of design, mixing colors as desired. Leave pieces as large as possible because candy melts easily; do not use fine candy "dust." (To crush candy, place in heavy plastic bag and tap lightly with rolling pin.) Place cutouts from centers of cookies on top of candies, if desired.
  • Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are very light brown and candy is melted. If candy has not completely spread within cutout design, immediately spread with knife. Cool completely on parchment paper, about 30 minutes. Gently remove cookies to cooling rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 50, Carbohydrate 8 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 30 mg, Sugar 4 g, TransFat 0 g

STAINED GLASS WINDOW COOKIES



Stained Glass Window Cookies image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 43m

Yield 20 Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 pkg. (16.5 oz.) NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Bar Dough
All-purpose flour
About ½ cup finely crushed hard candy

Steps:

  • PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Line baking sheets with foil.
  • CUT dough in half; refrigerate one half. Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon flour onto working surface. Sprinkle additional flour over remaining half. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness, using additional flour as needed to prevent sticking.
  • CUT into desired shapes with 2½-inch cookie cutters. Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheets with spatula, placing about 2 inches apart. Cut out small shapes in cookie centers. Spoon candy into each center to fill holes. Pierce hole at top of shape if cookie is going to be hung. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • BAKE for 8 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 1 minute; slide foil with cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

LOOKING GLASS COOKIES - EASY METHOD



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I saw these demonstrated on on old tv show called "Home & Family." These are so pretty and very simple to prepare. They used a large and a small maple leaf shaped cutter for these cookies. Yield will vary depending upon how much dough you have and how big your cookie cutters are - I guessed the yield based on one roll of purchased sugar cookie dough. Baking time is per cookie sheet. Plan to have several cookie sheets available as the cookies must cool completely before removing from the pans.

Provided by HeatherFeather

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 2

1 batch any cookie dough, chilled
10 packages LifeSavers five-flavor roll candy or 10 packages fruit flavored hard candies (such as lollypops, as many as needed)

Steps:

  • *Youmay use any sugar cookie dough recipe you like- to include purchased sugar cookie dough.
  • You only need as much dough as will fit on each of your cookie sheets once.
  • Separate Life Savers or lollypops (remove sticks) by color and place each color of candy into a separate small resealable plastic baggie.
  • Bash the candy inside the bag with a rolling pin to crush into small pieces.
  • Roll out your cookie dough to an 1/8 inch thickness.
  • Using a large cookie cutter, cut out shapes from the dough.
  • Transfer cookie dough shapes onto ungreased FOIL lined cookie sheets using a rubber spatula.
  • Take a smaller cookie cutter and cut out another shape in the center of each cookie shape.
  • For example, use a large leaf shape, then a smaller leaf shape cutter to cut out the center.
  • The shapes don't have to match but one needs to be smaller than the other.
  • You may also use a knife to cut out holes in the centers instead.
  • Fill the holes made in each cookie shape with the crushed candy pieces.
  • Bake in a preheated 350 F oven for about 10 minutes, or until cookies are baked and candies have melted to form stained glass candy centers.
  • Allow to cool completely before removing from the cookie sheet.

Nutrition Facts :

STAINED GLASS HEART CUTOUT COOKIES



Stained Glass Heart Cutout Cookies image

Field editor Dixie Terry from Goreville, Illinois suggests these delicious and festive-looking cookies with a "stained glass" heart in the center.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 1-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup crushed clear red hard candy
1 cup vanilla frosting, optional
4 drops red food coloring, optional

Steps:

  • In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 4-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Cut out centers with a 1-1/4-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter; set aside to reroll. Place cookies 1 in. apart on lightly greased foil-lined baking sheets. Fill centers with crushed candy., Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until candy is melted and edges of cookies begin to brown. Cool completely on baking sheets. Carefully peel cookies off foil. If desired, combine frosting and food coloring; pipe around edges.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 151 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 37mg cholesterol, Sodium 81mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.

CUT GLASS COOKIES RECIPE



Cut Glass Cookies Recipe image

Provided by á-31091

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 pkg. jelly, different colors
3 cups boiling water
1/2 cup melted butter
2 cups graham wafers
1 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup cold water
1 envelope gelatin
1 pkg. dream whip, mixed as per pkg.

Steps:

  • Set each pkg. jelly in 1 cup boiling water. Set in pan and cut into cubes when. Mix butter and crumbs and press in 8" square pan. Stir gelatin in cold water. Mix into pineapple juice and heat. Let cool. Combine jelly, pineapple juice and blend in dream whip. Pour over bottom and let set. For long pan, double recipe

BEST STAINED GLASS COOKIES



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These are a little work but well worth the delighted faces of people seeing them for the first time. The base cookie is a little like a sugar cookie, but uses honey as a healthier alternative and gives it a nice flavor.

Provided by Gods_sugarcookie

Categories     Dessert

Time 28m

Yield 30 aproximate cookies, 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups flour (NOT self-rising)
1 teaspoon baking soda
30 Jolly Rancher candies, many colors

Steps:

  • Cream the butter and sugar; add in the egg, honey, and almond. Sift flour and baking soda together and add; use hands as needed to mix if the electric mixer isn't getting it.
  • Refrigerate two hours or overnight (you can make this days in advance and refrigerate up to 5 days before making in an airtight container.).
  • Crush the jolly ranchers in a plastic bag with a hammer, we use five different colors with separate bag for each one, and set aside in separate containers. (paper muffin cups work well and no dishes!).
  • Line two large baking pans with wax paper; roll out a little over 1/8 inch thick and cut out desired shapes of cookies. Using a clean, sharp knife cut out various shapes in the middle, rerolling scraps until all dough is used up. Place cookies on wax paper and bake at 375°F for 5 minutes (lightly golden). Fill the areas that you had cut out in advance with crushed candies very full, as candies will melt down.
  • Bake at 375°F 3 more minutes (candies melted) and cool; peel off wax paper and store in an airtight container.
  • *NOTE: Placing a few slices of bread between the cookies will help soak up moisture and prevent the candy center from becoming too hard.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.9, Fat 2.3, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 12.5, Sodium 59.4, Carbohydrate 18, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 8.5, Protein 1.6

Tips:

  • Chill the dough before baking: This will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
  • Use a sharp knife or cookie cutter: This will give you clean, even cuts.
  • Bake the cookies in a preheated oven: This will help them cook evenly.
  • Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing will make the cookies tough.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before decorating them: This will help the frosting set properly.

Conclusion:

Cut-glass cookies are a delicious and festive treat that is perfect for any occasion. With a little planning and effort, you can easily make these cookies at home. Just be sure to follow the tips above and you'll be sure to end up with perfect cut-glass cookies.

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