Stained-Glass Christmas Tree Cookies

Name: Stained-Glass Christmas Tree Cookies
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 118 milliliters light corn syrup; 710 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 15 About brightly colored hard candies (ring-shaped, rectangular or round); 1 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla

Stained-Glass Christmas Tree Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 36. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 114 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. If you have flour, brightly colored candies, corn syrup, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

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Place each color candy in separate resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. With rolling pin, coarsely crush candy; set aside.

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Candy

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Ziploc Bags

Rolling Pin

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.

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Baking Powder

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Corn Syrup

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Divide dough in half. On floured cloth-covered work surface, roll each half to 1/4-inch thickness.

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Roll

Cut dough with 3-inch Christmas tree-shaped cookie cutter.

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Dough

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Cut out and remove several smaller dough shapes from each cookie.

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Dough

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.

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Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown and candy is melted.

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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.

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Spatula