Stained Glass Snowmen Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

1 batch Vanilla Dough or Chocolate Dough 

Unbleached all-purpose flour, for dusting 

Crushed hard candies 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Shape dough into 2 disks, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Roll out 1 disk on a lightly floured piece of parchment to a 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Repeat with remaining disk. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

Using a 4-inch snowman cutter, cut out snowmen. Using a small fluted or plain round cutter and #12 Ateco pastry tip (for button holes), cut out small shapes within snowmen where you want “stained glass” to appear. Transfer snowmen to parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

Bake 8 minutes. Fill cutouts with candy. Continue baking until cookies are firm and candies are melted, 5 to 8 minutes more. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.