For you, Christmas means sitting down in front of the fireplace in the company of loved ones with a good book or a funny Christmas film and really enjoying the time together. Are you one of those people who bake their favorite Christmas cookie recipes in time for Santa's arrival every year without exception? Then you've come to the right place! In today's post we have put together some great recipes for glass window cookies for you that will enrich your recipe collection with other small and attractive delicacies. These Christmas cookies are extraordinary treats with a beautiful stained glass window in the middle that you can see through. They won't love you just because of their taste. The cookies are also an original winter decoration that can be hung on a branch, on the Christmas tree or on the window. Have fun baking!
Simple technique for gingerbread cookies with a big effect
For many people, gingerbread cookies are their favorite Christmas sweets. This year, add something new to their delicious scent and incredibly good taste. Dress up the treats with a stained glass window in the center. Don't worry about manufacturing. TheUnique Opticscan be achieved easily with the right technology.
The ingredients at a glance
Ingredients for 20 cookies:
150 g Butter
120g dark muscavado sugar
60 g sugar beet syrup
375 g Flour
1 TL Backnatron
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
Mixed colored hard candies
The necessary equipment:
baking tray
baking paper
Cookie cutters with different winter motifs and in different sizes
Toothpick or skewer
Messer
Hanging ribbon
Here's how to prepare the stained glass cookies!
In a small saucepan, lightly melt the butter, sugar and sugar beet syrup. Sift the flour, baking soda and all the spices into a large mixing bowl. Add the melted butter and sugar and mix until a soft dough forms. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 170°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Lightly dust the work surface with flour and roll out the dough to about 1/2 cm thick. Cut out the cookies in a shape of your choice and use a smaller cutter to make any figure in the middle. Transfer the glass window cookies to the baking sheet.
Place the candies in the holes of theCookies and bakingfor about 10 minutes or until the candies are completely melted. You are welcome to crush the hard candies with a rolling pin beforehand. Allow the cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes before handling as the melted sugar mixture will be very hot and sticky. Now you can poke holes in the cookies and thread a nice ribbon. The colorful window glass cookies are simply beautiful to look at, especially when the colorful window catches the light.
Gingerbread glass window cookies with ginger
Everything about these colorful gingerbread stained glass window cookies is reminiscent of Christmas. The fascinating ginger taste, the shimmering, transparent glass window, the snowflake shape. What else do you need to decorate a Christmas tree festively?
Ingredients:
350 g Flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tsp ground ginger
120 g Butter
200g brown sugar
1 large egg
4 THEblack molasses
Multicolored sugar candies
Preheat oven to 170 ° C and line two baking trays with baking paper. Mix flour, baking powder and ginger and set aside. Mix butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and molasses and finally add the flour mixture. After the dough has cooled, it is rolled out and shaped with great winter motifs of your choice. Fill with candies and bake for about 12 minutes. While the cookies are still warm, make a hole for the ribbon. With this beautiful edible winter decoration you will be a real eye-catcher.
Make your own edible Christmas balls
If you would like to surprise your friends and relatives with small gifts for Christmas or New Year, the glass window cookies are a great party gift. You can create wonderful Christmas tree baubles using the simplest circular cookie cutter. Mini chocolates threaded over the cookies or attached to the cookies turn the treat into a great Christmas ornament.
As far as the choice of motifs is concerned, feel free to use cookie cutters that you personally associate with the beautiful family celebration and winter. Be creative and experiment daringly. These cute reindeer were created using a gingerbread man cookie cutter and simply turned upside down. With icing you can paint the antlers, as well as eyes, mouth and ears in no time. Rudolph's red nose will shine beautifully near the fairy lights. With icing you can beautifully decorate each ornament and turn it into a fascinating piece of jewelry.
Cute penguins baking cookies with children
If you want to give children a special treat, you can work together to create delicious glass window cookies with a chocolate mint flavor in the shape of cute little penguins.
Ingredients:
125 g unsalted butter
200 g Flour
25 g Cocoa powder
pinch of salt
60g brown sugar
2 tbsp milk
20 Minzbonbons
To decorate:
yellow and orange Smarties
melted white and black chocolate
Knead butter, flour, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt into the shortcrust pastry. Mix sugar and milk and mix with the dough. Knead into a smooth dough, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes. Use the rolling pin to crush the candies and cut the Smarties in half for the penguins' beaks. Roll out the dough and cut circles out of it. Shape the belly of the penguins with a smaller cookie cutter and fill it with the crushed candies. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. Allow to cool and give the tiny penguins a face.
