I’ve always thought these cookies are so pretty.
The lovely clear “glass” (A.K.A. candy) is stunning. But I’ve chickened out making them until this year–I couldn’t imagine how the candy part wouldn’t burn while baking (but lo and behold, it doesn’t!).
It took me a couple of tries to figure out how much hard candy to put in the center and I also needed to make sure I kept the star shape a little on the oversized shape before baking… but in the end I think they turned out very well.
Now, the taste, on the other hand…. Well, I wasn’t impressed. The cookie was a basic sugar cookie which was a little on the bland side, but that was necessary because of all the candy flavor combinations that might go with it. But, in my opinion, there are just some flavors that don’t go well as a cookie. Green apple sugar cookie? No thanks. And then I broke my rolling pin smashing the hard candies (it gouged the wood on my rolling pin–boo!) so that is also giving me a negative take on this whole experience… but I digress. The flavor was just, meh. And let’s face it, I’m at a point in life where I only want to eat the really good desserts, you know what I mean?
But, I can now cross, “Make Stained Glass Cookies” off of my bucket list!
Oh no! I’ve never made those, either, because I also figured they’d be super hard. I have banged up my rolling pin on peppermints, though, so I feel ya there. But I figure it gives it more character, you know?
I wonder if you could make those cookies with a different type of cookie combination — like molasses or peanut butter or something?