Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe (2024)

This Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe is really tasty and fun to serve up at your holidays parties!

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Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies

Now, theseStained Glass Christmas Cookiesmay look like they're something out of a fancy bakery, but they are actually quite simple to make - they aren't even that time consuming, to be quite honest. They are just so darned cute that they just SEEM really fancy!

These cookies would be a great hostess gift, addition to your holiday potluck table, or as a gift for your neighbors. Homemade is always best, as they say!

One thing to note: I used blue and purple Jolly Rancher candies. Initially I mixed them, thinking I'd make this cool stained glass feature, but the two colors just combined and made a brown color.

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How to Make This Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

Ingredients needed to make thisChristmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

  • 1 cup, 2 sticks, butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 4 blue and 4 purple hard candies
  • white decorating sugar

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Directions for making thisChristmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

Preheat your oven to 350. Place one color of the candies into a resealable sandwich bag and seal shut.

Place between a towel and use a rolling pin to crush the candies.

Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl with a mixer until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes.

Add eggs and beat well.

Add vanilla and beat.

Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, just until combined.

Folddoughonto plastic wrap and flatten. Refrigerate for an hour, or up to 24 hours.

Remove from fridge and dividedoughinto thirds. Rolldoughonto a floured surface with a rolling pin until about ¼" thick.

Use a snowflake cookie cutterto cut out dough.

Use an apple corer to cut out the center.

Place cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Fill each center cavity with about ½ teaspoon crushed candies.

Bake at 3450 degrees for 5-9 minutes, or until set and edges just begin to brown.

Cool on pan for 5 minutes and remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

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ThisStained Glass Christmas Cookies Recipemakes 48 cookies.

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Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

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This Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe is really tasty and fun to serve up at your holidays parties!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 9 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Holiday Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 48 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 2 sticks, butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups white flour
  • 4 blue and 4 purple hard candies
  • white decorating sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • Place one color of the candies into a resealable sandwich bag and seal shut. Place between a towel and use a rolling pin to crush the candies.

  • Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl with a mixer until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes.

  • Add eggs and beat well.

  • Add vanilla and beat.

  • Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, jsut until combined.

  • Folddoughonto plastic wrap and flatten. Refrigerate for an hour, or up to 24 hours.

  • Remove from fridge and dividedoughinto thirds. Rolldoughonto a floured surface with a rolling pin until about ¼" thick.

  • Use a snowflakecookiecutter to cut outdough.

  • Use an apple corer to cut out the center.

  • Placecookiesonto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

  • Fill each center cavity with about ½ teaspoon crushed candies.

  • Bake for 5-9 minutes or until set and edges just begin to brown.

  • Cool on pan for 5 minutes and remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

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FAQs

How to decorate a Christmas snowflake cookie? ›

Using white piping-consistency icing, pipe desired pattern or design on snowflake cookies. If you'd like, dip the iced cookies in sanding sugar or brush with edible glitter for shine.

How long do decorated Christmas cookies last? ›

How long do Christmas cookies stay fresh? In most cases, when properly stored at room temperature or refrigerated, Christmas cookies can be good for three to seven days. In the case of twice-baked cookies, they will be fresh for even two weeks.

Do you decorate Christmas cookies before baking? ›

Coarse Sugar

If you're making unfrosted cookies like shortbread or drop cookies, sprinkle the sugar on before baking. If you're icing the cookies, bake them, then decorate, and then shake the sugar on while the icing is still wet.

How do you flatten cookies with glass? ›

And sure, this does seem like a fun little hack to make your cookies look more uniform, or at least uniformly round. All you have to do is take the baked cookies from the oven, place a mug (or a glass) over the still warm dough, do a little swirl and voilà, perfectly round cookies. But is it … necessary?

What happened to Snowflake cookie? ›

Snowflake Cookie wished to grow old with Frost Cookie and stayed with her until the very end, holding Frost Cookie in her arms as she succumbed to the Frost Illness herself.

How far in advance can you make decorated cookies? ›

make the cookies a day ahead. Even two days. Even more than that and freeze them. Yes, they freeze...even fully decorated.

How many days before Christmas should you make cookies? ›

Aim to make them about two weeks in advance if you keep them at room temperature. Making them one week or a few days in advance is even better if you are going for the freshest possible cookies. Remember that you can always make a new batch if you accidentally keep your cookies out for too long and they become stale.

How much ahead of time can you make Christmas cookies? ›

You'll find that most of your favorite Christmas cookie recipes can be made anywhere from a month to six months before the 25th of December. (Consult this handy how-to guide to the matter.) Generally, most recipes will be best if baked and then frozen.

Do you put sprinkles on Christmas cookies before or after baking? ›

You have to put the sprinkles on before baking cookies, so they will stick, unless you're going to frost them, in which case the sprinkles go after the frosting.

How do you keep Christmas cookies crispy? ›

How do you store cookies to stay crisp? To keep crispy cookies crisp, you need to keep them away from moisture. Always store different types of cookies separately—soft cookies can cause crispy cookies to soften due to their extra moisture. Place crispy cookies in an airtight container, but don't completely seal it.

Is it better to flatten cookie dough before baking? ›

Flattening the cookie dough provides more surface area that comes into contact with the ice bath, shortening the time it takes to chill. Then submerge the dough in the ice water and let it chill. After 20 minutes the dough will be completely chilled and ready for baking.

What makes cookies fluffy and not flat? ›

Flour adds fluff and texture to the cookies. Adding too little flour can cause cookies to be flat, greasy, and crispy. Most recipes assume you'll use all-purpose, but if you want a lighter, crumblier cookie texture, choose one with a lower protein content such as cake-and-pastry flour.

How do you stick decorations to cookies? ›

Dip a clean brush or fingertip in clean water. Lightly brush or moisten the back of the fondant decoration with water. Press the moistened side of the decoration onto the cookie, applying gentle pressure to help it adhere.

How to make easy icing snowflakes? ›

Trace patterns by piping on frosting, tracing longest lines of pattern first. Use a small paintbrush dipped into water to smooth any irregularities, working on each snowflake as it is piped. For candles, draw snowflakes freehand or use toothpick or pin to etch design before piping icing.

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