JOLLY RANCHER Stained Glass Window Cookies
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- 3 Hr. 30 Min.
- Bake:
- 10 Min.
- Prep:
- 2 Hr.
- Skill Level:
- Intermediate
- Yields:
- 30 cookies
No bones about it, these JOLLY RANCHER Stained Glass Window Cookies are adorably bewitching. Each delicious sugar cookie features a magical "stained glass" made of melted JOLLY RANCHER Hard Candies. They're the perfect treat for your guests and for tricking out your fall and Halloween dessert table. Use a variety of flavors and colors to bring your cookies to life, and don't forget to poke a hole in the cookie dough for the string!
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Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 2 hours
- Bake Time
- 10 minutes
- Cool Time
- 20 minutes
- Chill Time
- 30 minutes
Ingredients
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3/4 cupbutter or margarine (1-1/2 sticks), softened
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1/2 cupsugar
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1egg
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1 tspvanilla extract
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3/4 tsplemon or orange extract
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food color in desired color or colors (optional)
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2-3/4 cupsall-purpose flour
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspsalt
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30JOLLY RANCHER Original Hard Candies in assorted colors
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Chocolate Dough (additional option)
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1 tspvanilla extract and omit lemon or orange extract
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all-purpose flour, decrease to 2-1/2 cups
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1/4 cup
Step-By-Step Directions
mixing bowl
mixer
refrigerator
wax paper
oven
cookie cutters
cookie sheets
wire rack
Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg, vanilla and lemon extract; blend well. (Add about 1/2 teaspoon food color if colored dough is desired). Stir together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture. (Batter will be stiff; stir in last part with wooden spoon or work in with hands). Divide dough in half. Roll each half into ball and flatten to form disk; wrap each disk and refrigerate until dough is firm enough to roll.
Place candies of same color in food processor; coarsely crush. (Or place candies in heavy-duty food storage bag and crush with rolling pin). Store crushed candies in food storage bags until ready to use so that candies don't clump.
Roll one half of dough at a time between two pieces of wax paper to about 1/8 inch thickness. Remove top sheet of wax paper. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Remove excess dough from around cut-outs. Slide bottom sheet with cookies onto tray or cookie sheet. Refrigerate cookies and tray.
Heat oven to 350°F. Line several cookie sheets with foil; spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray. When firm peel wax paper from bottom of cookies and place on prepared cookie sheet. With wooden pick or straw, pierce small hole at top of cookie for use as hanging ornament, if desired. Cut out shapes for the stained glass in each cookie using small cookie cutters or small knife.
Partially bake cookies 6 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven and cool cookie sheet and cookies on wire rack. Fill cut-out areas with crushed candies. Return cookies to oven; bake an additional 4 to 5 minutes or until candies are melted. Allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet. Carefully peel off foil; store in covered container with wax paper between cookies.
Chocolate Dough:
Add an additional 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and omit lemon or orange extract. Decrease all-purpose flour to 2-1/2 cups and stir in 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa. Proceed as above.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 30 servingsServing size 1 cookie (29g)Amount per servingCalories120% Daily Value*Total Fat 5g 6%Saturated Fat 3g 15%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 20mg 7%Sodium 50mg 2%Total Carbohydrates 18g 7%Dietary Fiber 0g 0%Total Sugars 7gIncludes 7g Added Sugar 14%Protein 1gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 10mg 0%Iron 1mg 6%Potassium 16mg 0%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
