Stained Glass Heart Cookies
Stained Glass Heart Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. This recipe makes 30 servings with 117 calories, 1g of protein, and 7g of fat each. For 11 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by The Comfort of Cooking. It is perfect for valentin day. Head to the store and pick up egg, sugar, m&m candies, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is liked by 223 foodies and cooks. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 7%. This score is improvable. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Stained Glass Heart Cookies, Stained Glass Cookies, and Stained Glass Cookies.
Servings: 30
Ingredients:
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups flour
15 small hard candies for cookie center (I used Jolly Ranchers), crushed
1/3 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Equipment:
aluminum foil
baking sheet
oven
cookie cutter
spatula
Cooking instruction summary:
To make the dough: Using an electric mixer at medium-high speed, cream the butter, gradually adding the sugar. Beat in the egg until evenly mixed, then blend in the vanilla extract and salt.With a wooden spoon, stir the flour into the creamed ingredients, about one third at a time, until evenly blended. Divide the dough in half. Flatten each portion into a disk and seal in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.To create the cookies: Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover a sturdy baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat the foil with cooking spray. Between two sheets of waxed paper lightly dusted with flour, roll the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Remove the top sheet.Cut out the cookies with a large heart cookie cutter. Use a lightly floured spatula to transfer the shapes to the baking sheet, leaving about an inch between cookies. Remove the centers of the cookies with a smaller heart cookie cutter.Place a pinch of crushed hard candy into the center of each cookie and bake until the cookies start to brown lightly around the edges and the candy is melted, about 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. To prevent sticking, line your serving plate or tin with waxed paper and place additional waxed paper between layers.Enjoy!
Step by step:
To make the dough Using an electric mixer at medium-high speed, cream the butter, gradually adding the sugar. Beat in the egg until evenly mixed, then blend in the vanilla extract and salt.With a wooden spoon, stir the flour into the creamed ingredients, about one third at a time, until evenly blended. Divide the dough in half. Flatten each portion into a disk and seal in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.To create the cookies
1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover a sturdy baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat the foil with cooking spray. Between two sheets of waxed paper lightly dusted with flour, roll the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
2. Remove the top sheet.
3. Cut out the cookies with a large heart cookie cutter. Use a lightly floured spatula to transfer the shapes to the baking sheet, leaving about an inch between cookies.
4. Remove the centers of the cookies with a smaller heart cookie cutter.
5. Place a pinch of crushed hard candy into the center of each cookie and bake until the cookies start to brown lightly around the edges and the candy is melted, about 8 to 10 minutes.
6. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. To prevent sticking, line your serving plate or tin with waxed paper and place additional waxed paper between layers.Enjoy!
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