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Stained-Glass Christmas Tree Cookies

Pretty hard candies peek out from the "windows" of special, shaped sugar cookies.

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Prep Time 2 hr 45 min
Total Time 3 hr 0 min
Servings 36

Ingredients

: About 15 brightly colored hard candies (ring-shaped, rectangular or round)

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

2/3: cup sugar

1/2: cup light corn syrup

2: teaspoons vanilla

1/4: teaspoon lemon extract, if desired

3: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

3/4: teaspoon baking powder

1/2: teaspoon salt

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place each color candy in separate resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. With rolling pin, coarsely crush candy; set aside.
2 In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in corn syrup, vanilla and lemon extract. On low speed, gradually beat in flour, baking powder and salt.
3 Divide dough in half. On floured cloth-covered work surface, roll each half to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with 3-inch Christmas tree-shaped cookie cutter. Cut out and remove several smaller dough shapes from each cookie. Place tree shapes 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. If desired, reroll small cutouts with remaining dough. Fill each hole in tree shapes with about 1/2 teaspoon crushed candy.
4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown and candy is melted. Place cookie sheets on cooling racks; cool cookies 8 minutes. With back of metal pancake turner, gently lift warm cookies from foil; place on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes, before storing in loosely covered containers.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

To hang cookies as ornaments, cut a 1/4-inch hole, using the end of a straw, in the top of each cookie before baking.

For the “stained glass,” cut out shapes such as circles, hearts or other holiday shapes with canapé cutters found in specialty food stores.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 120
Calories from Fat: 45),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 5g; 5%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 85mg; 85%;
Total Carbohydrate: 18g; 18%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 8g 8% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/26/2012 9:06:01 PM REPORT ABUSE Poorgrad said:

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I'd really like to know a name brand for what "hard candies" work best for this recipe. I see LifeSavers mentioned but wonder what other types of candies have been used successfully. Thanks. erin

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Posted 12/19/2011 12:16:06 PM REPORT ABUSE JJzmommy said:

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Does anyone think this would work if i finely crushed candy canes?

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Posted 12/19/2011 7:47:37 AM REPORT ABUSE Lelania said:

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You can tell by the recipe that this cookie is made to be harder, I suspect so that it can hold up to hanging on the tree. They're meant to be more pretty than tasty.

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