Sugar Cookie Cut Out – Stained Glass Cookies

These little cookies are very pretty and a great addition to any Christmas platter! They are also quite easy to make. Kids love to make these so make sure to include them in the project! Here is what you are going to need for these:

Makes about 30 cookies

½ cup unsalted butter – room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. almond extract
1 egg
2 cups of flour
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. baking powder
About 30 fruit candies – chopped

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder.

Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl. Add the almond extract and the egg. Mix until completely uniform. Add the dry ingredients. Mix until the dough resembles thick bread crumbs.

Press the dough together to form a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Take dough out of the fridge. Tear 1/3rd of the dough and roll out – on a floured board – to 1/8th of an inch. Use your favorite cookies cutter shapes and cut the cookies. Carefully place cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Using a sharp knife – cut a triangle of circle in the middle of your cookie, depending on the shape you picked. Make sure to reuse the dough. Place a few chopped candies in the hole.

Place the baking sheet into the oven and bake for about 10 minutes – until the candy has melted and the cookies are very light brown. Do not over bake them as the candy will start to bubble and get ruined.

Remove from oven and allow cooling on sheet for about 5 minutes. Carefully transfer cookies onto a wire cooling rack. Serve and enjoy! These cookies will last for a week in an airtight container, at room temperature.

2 cookies – CALORIES 198.03; FAT 6.73 grs (sat 4.06; mono 1.75; poly 0.38); PROTEIN 2.31 grs ; FIBER 0.67 grs; CARBS 32.39 grs; CHOLESTEROL 28.90 mg; IRON 0.89 mg; SODIUM 102.97 mg; CALCIUM 19.59 mg

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