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finished stained glass sugar cookies in the shape of crosses with a candy center of various colors
Victoria Pruett

Stained Glass Cross Cookies

4.34 from 33 votes
These simple sugar cookies made to look like Stained Glass Crosses are perfect for a baptism celebration, VBS, or Easter! They're easy enough that even kids can help!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 128

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon mayonaisse
  • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 12 Jolly Ranchers

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 350F
  2. Cream your egg, butter, mayonnaise, sugar, and vanilla together in a bowl until creamy.
  3. Add in the baking powder, flour and salt and mix with a fork until the mixture is crumbly.
  4. If the mixture is still crumbly, mix with your hands until the dough sticks together well.
  5. Roll the dough out on a floured surface until the cookies are about 1/4" thick.
  6. Use the cookie cutters to cut out the large cross cookies and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  7. Use the mini cross cookie cutter and cut out a mini cross from the large cross cookies.
  8. Use a food processor to crush the jolly rancher candies one color at a time.
  9. Use your fingers or a spoon to put in the crushed candies into the mini cross cavity.
  10. Bake them at 350F for 6 minutes.
  11. Then turn the pan and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
  12. Allow them to cool on the pan for 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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Notes

  1. Let them cool on the pan for a few minutes before trying to remove them from it.
  2. Don't overfill the small cross hole with too much Jolly Rancher. A little is fine.