🎄✨ Stained Glass Christmas Tree Cookies 🎄✨
Beautifully festive cookies with vibrant stained-glass centers—perfect for holiday celebrations!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Assorted hard candies (red, green, yellow, orange, purple)
Directions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream: Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix Dry: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to wet mixture until just combined.
- Shape: Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness. Cut with Christmas tree cookie cutter. Place on baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake 8–10 minutes until edges are lightly golden. Cool on wire rack.
- Stained Glass Effect: While warm, press unwrapped hard candy pieces into cookies to create colorful centers. Cool completely to set.
Details
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cooking Time: 8–10 minutes
- Total Time: 30–35 minutes
- Yield: 6 cookies
- Kcal: ~175 per cookie
✨ A show-stopping holiday treat with sparkling stained-glass centers—fun to make and even more fun to share!