STAINED-GLASS LEMON COOKIES
Categories Cookies Food Processor Mixer Citrus Egg Dessert Bake Christmas Lemon Winter Chill Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes about 30
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Using electric mixer, beat butter and 3/4 cup sugar in large bowl until well blended. Beat in egg yolk, lemon peel and vanilla extract. Add all purpose flour and salt and beat until mixture begins to clump together. Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Flatten each piece into disk; wrap each in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)
- Finely grind red and/or green hard candies separately in processor. Transfer each color of candy to separate small bowl; cover candies and set aside.
- Position 1 rack in center and 1 rack in top third of oven and preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Using 2 1/2- to 2 3/4-inch-diameter cookie cutter or biscuit cutter, cut out cookies. Using small (about 1 inch in diameter) cookie cutter, make cutouts in center of each cookie.
- Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheets. Spoon ground hard candies into cookie cutouts, filling cutouts completely to same thickness as cookies. Sprinkle cookies lightly with additional sugar. Repeat with remaining dough disks, ground hard candies and additional sugar. Reroll dough scraps and cut out additional cookies. Place on baking sheets; fill with hard candies and sprinkle with additional sugar.
- Bake cookies until firm and light golden and ground candies look translucent, about 8 minutes. Cool cookies completely on baking sheets. (Can be prepared ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.)
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Nassuna Samalie
nassuna20@yahoo.comThese cookies were a bit too crumbly for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Lata A
la@hotmail.frI made these cookies for a bake sale and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them and they sold out in no time.
Mahar Ahmad
mahar_a@aol.comThese cookies were really easy to make and they turned out great! The stained glass effect is really cool and the cookies are really soft and chewy.
Joy Oziri
j.oziri61@aol.comThese cookies were a bit too tart for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Tulbdr “Tbn” Nepali
t@gmail.comThese cookies were a bit too sweet for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Hugo L
h@hotmail.comI'm not a huge fan of lemon, but these cookies were still really good. The stained glass effect is really cool and the cookies are really soft and chewy.
Justin Hawkins
justin_h@yahoo.comThese cookies were really easy to make and they turned out great! The stained glass effect is really cool and the cookies are really soft and chewy.
Laken Elizabeth
elaken@hotmail.comThese cookies were a bit too crumbly for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Rdx Murad
rdx-murad@hotmail.comI made these cookies for a bake sale and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them and they sold out in no time.
Nazish Yousaf
yousaf_n98@yahoo.comThese cookies were really easy to make and they turned out great! The stained glass effect is really cool and the cookies are really soft and chewy.
Sana Pco
p-s@hotmail.comThese cookies were a bit too tart for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Ethan CruzDeVaughn
e_c72@yahoo.comThese cookies were a bit too sweet for my taste, but they were still really good. I loved the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor was really bright.
Nina Avendano
nina_a53@yahoo.comI'm not a huge fan of lemon, but these cookies were still really good. The stained glass effect is really cool and the cookies are really soft and chewy.
Abdul rehman Abbasi
a.a@gmail.comThese cookies are so beautiful and delicious! I love the stained glass effect and the lemon flavor is perfect. I'll definitely be making these again.
billy billy
billy_b@hotmail.comI made these cookies for a party and they were a huge success! Everyone loved them and they were gone in no time. I'll definitely be making them again.
Brandi Plank
plank_brandi@yahoo.comThese cookies were a hit with my family! They're so easy to make and they look so beautiful. The stained glass effect is really unique and it makes them look like little works of art. The lemon flavor is also perfect - it's not too sweet and it's not