Best Stained Glass Wreath Cookies Recipes

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STAINED GLASS WREATH COOKIES



Stained Glass Wreath Cookies image

Provided by Sandra Lee

Categories     dessert

Time 1h50m

Yield about 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 (16-ounce) tube sugar cookie dough
1 bag assorted round hard candies (recommended: Lifesavers)
1 small tube white decorating icing
1 package silver dragees

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 sheet pans with silicone baking pads.
  • Slice dough log at 1/4-inch intervals and place onto prepared baking sheets spaced 1 inch apart.
  • Press a 1-inch round cutter into the center of each cookie round. Remove the small circle of dough and replace it with a round hard candy.
  • Bake in oven 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven. While still warm, make a hole at the top of each cookie with a large straw. Place baking sheet on the cooling rack and cool completely.
  • When the cookies have completely cooled, use the decorative icing and evenly space 6 icing dots around the edges of each cookie. Lightly push the silver dragees into the icing dots. Allow icing to harden.
  • Place the 8-inch piece of ribbon through the hole at the top and tie the ends together.
  • Repeat with remaining cookies.
  • You can eat your cookies or hang them as ornaments on a Christmas tree or in a window.

STAINED-GLASS WREATH COOKIES



Stained-Glass Wreath Cookies image

Melted candy gives the "ornaments" that adorn these wreath-shaped Christmas sugar cookies the appearance of stained glass.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Cookie Recipes

Yield Makes about 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 batch Basic Vanilla Cookie Dough
Gel food color
Unbleached all-purpose flour, for dusting
Crushed hard candies

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Tint dough with food color as desired. Shape dough into 2 disks, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
  • Roll out 1 disk on a lightly floured piece of parchment to a 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Repeat with remaining disk. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Using a 2 1/2-inch fluted round cutter, cut out rounds. Using a 3/4-inch fluted round cutter, cut out centers of cookies. Using a #12 Ateco pastry tip (for ornaments), cut out small shapes within wreaths where you want "stained glass" to appear. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Bake 8 minutes. Fill cutouts with candy. Continue baking until cookies are firm and candies are melted, 5 to 8 minutes more. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.

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