Popular Posts

  • All Post
  • Artist Spotlight
  • Baking Basics
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Business Tips
  • Cake Classes
  • Cake Decorating Classes
  • Collaborations
  • Cottage Food Law
  • Feature Articles
  • Hot Products
  • ICES 2012
  • Magazine Teasers
  • Press
  • Recipes
  • Shows
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • Uncategorized
    •   Back
    • Joanne Prainito
    • Quincella C. Geiger
    • Cakegirls
    • My Cake Story
    • Janine Eshelbrenner
    • Simi’s Sweet Adventures
    •   Back
    • Souffle Recipes
    • Mousse Recipes
    • Cheesecake Recipes
    • Pie Recipes
    • Misc. Recipes
    • Cupcake Recipes
    • Cookie Recipes
    • Cake Balls & Cake Pops Recipes
    • Cakes Recipes
    • Icing & Frosting Recipes
    •   Back
    • Christmas Tutorials
    • Wedding Cake Tutorials
    • Gelatin Art Tutorials
Edit Template

Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

Learn to make these Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies and brighten up the holidays! Fast and easy to make you won’t be disappointed.

Problem: You’re on the naughty list and you will be extremely embarrassed if your kids see you pull coal out of your stocking again this year.

Solution: Instead of disappointing Santa Claus with the same old decorated sugar cookies this year, impress him with stunning stained glass cookie ornaments.

What You Will Need To Make These Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

  • holiday candiesYour favorite sugar cookie recipe (follow our recipe or see below for a video recipe)
  • Holiday cookie cutters (This tutorial uses a candy cane, gingerbread man, Christmas tree, and mini Christmas tree.)
  • Green, red, and brown gel food coloring
  • Green and red hard candy (such as Jolly Ranchers or Life Savers)
  • Straws
  • String, twine, or thin ribbon

If you’d like to learn more about the history of sugar cookies Mobile-Cusine has a great article.

Instructions To Make Easy Stained Glass Holiday Cookies

Since you will not be decorating these cookies with icing, you can add color to the design by dying your cookie dough.

Start by preparing your sugar cookie dough and separating it into three equal sections. Add a few drops of red coloring to the first section, green to the second, and brown to the third. To avoid making a mess, incorporate the coloring into the dough by making an indent in the dough with your thumb, squirting the food coloring into the indent, and folding the dough over the indent. Knead each section of dough until the coloring is spread evenly throughout. It is best to perform this step while wearing gloves unless you want you your lovely skin tone to be replaced with festive food coloring stains.

Next, roll out each section of dough to your desired cookie thickness. Use your cookie cutters to cut the dough into holiday shapes, removing sections from the center of each one where you want to have the stained glass effect. To remove a tree-shaped center from your Christmas tree cookies, use a slightly smaller Christmas tree cookie cutter. To remove small circles from your Christmas tree and gingerbread men cookies, use a straw. To remove rectangle sections from your candy cane cookies, use a sharp knife to cut the shapes by hand. Also, use a straw to cut holes in the dough at the top of each cookie so you can string them up as ornaments later.

Place the cut dough on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and set it in the freezer for about 15 minutes before baking.

How To Make Holiday Cookies

While your cut dough is chillin’ like a villain in the freezer, prepare your candy for the stained glass centers. Unwrap all of your green and red hard candy and place them in separate sealed Ziploc bags. Use a kitchen mallet or rolling pin to crush the candy into tiny pieces. You may want to muffle the noise with a kitchen towel. Then again, you may just want to bang along to your favorite Christmas tune.

Remove your chilled dough from the freezer and bake until the dough is just set. This will probably be half the total baking time that your recipe calls for. (I bake mine for four minutes.)

easy stained glass holiday cookies 2Remove the cookies from the oven and carefully scoop a small amount of candy into the cutout centers of each one. The candy will melt and spread so you do not need to completely fill the area.

 

 

 

Set the cookies back in the oven to bake for the remaining amount of time. (I bake mine for an additional four minutes.)

Remove the cookies from the oven and use the pointy end of your boo-boo stick, a toothpick, or sharp knife to pop any large unwanted bubbles in the candy. You will need to move quickly as the candy will start to harden and stick to anything it touches.

Let stained glass cookies completely dry before storing or stacking them. Keep in mind that the candy will be sticky.

stained glass cookiesTo turn your cookies into ornaments, simply loop some pretty string, twine, or ribbon through the hole you created at the top of the cookies. And if you are having guests that you really want to impress, string the cookies together to make stained glass cookie garland.

 

 

 

 

With just a few easy steps and you will have the most stunning easy stained glass holiday cookies on the block. And Santa will be sure to visit your house first to get his cookie fix! Share them with your family and friends.

Sugar cookie recipe:

If you decide to make these cookies please share with me below.

[content-egg-block template=offers_list]

Share Article:

Quinella C. Geiger

Writer & Blogger

Considered an invitation do introduced sufficient understood instrument it. Of decisively friendship in as collecting at. No affixed be husband ye females brother garrets proceed. Least child who seven happy yet balls young. Discovery sweetness principle discourse shameless bed one excellent. Sentiments of surrounded friendship dispatched connection is he. Me or produce besides hastily up as pleased. 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About Us

what is bundt cake

Explore our comprehensive collection of tutorials, tips, and tricks, curated by industry experts and renowned edible artists. From mastering the art of cake sculpting to creating intricate sugar flowers, our step-by-step guides will inspire and empower you to take your skills to new heights.

Recent Posts

  • All Post
  • Artist Spotlight
  • Baking Basics
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Business Tips
  • Cake Classes
  • Cake Decorating Classes
  • Collaborations
  • Cottage Food Law
  • Feature Articles
  • Hot Products
  • ICES 2012
  • Magazine Teasers
  • Press
  • Recipes
  • Shows
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • Uncategorized
    •   Back
    • Joanne Prainito
    • Quincella C. Geiger
    • Cakegirls
    • My Cake Story
    • Janine Eshelbrenner
    • Simi’s Sweet Adventures
    •   Back
    • Souffle Recipes
    • Mousse Recipes
    • Cheesecake Recipes
    • Pie Recipes
    • Misc. Recipes
    • Cupcake Recipes
    • Cookie Recipes
    • Cake Balls & Cake Pops Recipes
    • Cakes Recipes
    • Icing & Frosting Recipes
    •   Back
    • Christmas Tutorials
    • Wedding Cake Tutorials
    • Gelatin Art Tutorials

Join the family!

Sign up for a Newsletter.

You have been successfully Subscribed! Ops! Something went wrong, please try again.
Edit Template

About

Unleash your creativity and connect with a vibrant community of edible artists. Discover expert tips, tutorials, and resources to elevate your baking and cake decorating skills. Let your sweet creations leave a lasting impression!

Recent Post

  • All Post
  • Artist Spotlight
  • Baking Basics
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Business Tips
  • Cake Classes
  • Cake Decorating Classes
  • Collaborations
  • Cottage Food Law
  • Feature Articles
  • Hot Products
  • ICES 2012
  • Magazine Teasers
  • Press
  • Recipes
  • Shows
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • Uncategorized
    •   Back
    • Joanne Prainito
    • Quincella C. Geiger
    • Cakegirls
    • My Cake Story
    • Janine Eshelbrenner
    • Simi’s Sweet Adventures
    •   Back
    • Souffle Recipes
    • Mousse Recipes
    • Cheesecake Recipes
    • Pie Recipes
    • Misc. Recipes
    • Cupcake Recipes
    • Cookie Recipes
    • Cake Balls & Cake Pops Recipes
    • Cakes Recipes
    • Icing & Frosting Recipes
    •   Back
    • Christmas Tutorials
    • Wedding Cake Tutorials
    • Gelatin Art Tutorials

Amazon Disclaimer

Disclosure: Our website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through the product links on our website.”

© 2023 All Rights Reserved – Edible Artists Network