| Holiday Stained-Glass Cookies |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-164 |
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Home craft expert Kathi Cardinalli explains how to decorate cookies to look like stained-glass works of art that can be hung on a Christmas tree. Materials:
Sugar-cookie or gingerbread-cookie dough
Plastic bag
Clear lollipops or hard candies
Hammer
Rolling pin
Waxed paper
Flour
Cookie cutters in pairs--large circle and small circle, large star and small star, large heart and small heart
Spatula
Cookie sheet
Parchment paper
Baker's cooking rack
Ribbon or cording
- Place clear lollipops or hard candies inside a plastic bag. Break them into pieces by hitting the bag with a hammer. The pieces should be about 1/4" in size (figure A).
- Dust a piece of waxed paper with flour. Using a rolling pin, roll the cookie dough to a thickness of 1/4." The dough will be easier to roll if it's well chilled.
- Press the large cookie-cutter shape into the dough. Center the small cookie-cutter shape inside the large one and press it into the dough (figure B).
- Remove the dough that's been cut from the small cookie cutter.
- Remove the dough around the outside of the large cookie. This will leave a cookie with a hole in the center (figure C). Using a spatula, move the cookie to a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Parchment paper prevents the candy from sticking to the cookie sheet. Candy will stick to a cookie sheet that's been sprayed with cooking spray (figure D).
- Fill the center hole with hard candy chips. Don't fill the hole to the top (figure E).
- Poke a hole in the top of the cookie dough to leave room for a hanger. Bake according to the cookie-dough directions. Move the parchment paper to the cooking rack, and let the cookies cool. Tie a ribbon or cord through the hole, and hang the cookies on the Christmas tree. If you place them in front of Christmas-tree lights, they'll look even more like stained glass.
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