Nothing screams summer like red, white and blue! These star shaped cookies filled with yummy goodness in the middle will make all of your family and friends feel a bit more patriotic at any Memorial Day, July 4th or even Labor Day celebration.
Stained Glass Star Cookie Recipe
These cookies take a little more work than some of our other 4th of July inspired recipes, but we think the result is so worth it! Yummy sugar cookies turned into a stained glass masterpiece will make these the hit of the party. The red, white and blue icing and stars that sit within the clear Jolly Ranchers window are super creative – and of course super yummy.
Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Cookie Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup soft unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 bag of tropical Jolly Ranchers, separate the white (Pineapple) ones to use in the cookies
- 1 tablespoon to use to outline the opening circle
- Patriotic star sprinkles
Icing Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup powder sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Red food dye
- Sky blue food dye
Other Tools
- 3 piping bags with a number 2 tip
- 3 bowls to thin the icing
- 3 squeeze bottles
- Cookie Cutter: Large Star and a Mini Star
- 1 tablespoon to use to outline the opening circle
Cookie Instructions
1. Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
2. Add eggs and continue to mix.
3. Add the vanilla and continue mixing.
4. Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
5. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
6. Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
7. Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
8. Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
9. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
10. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
11. Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into
the batter. (if needed).
12. Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
13. Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
14. Take out the smaller star and cut out the center.
14. Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
15. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 6 minutes.
16. While the cookies are baking, unwrap the candies from the wrappers and set aside.
17. When the timer goes off, pull the cookies out and place 1 candy in the open circle of the cookie.
18. Place back into the oven for another 3-4 minutes, or until you see the candy melted (wont take longer than 4 minutes).
19. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 30 minutes before moving the cookies.
Icing Instructions
1. Combine all ingredients into a stand up mixing bowl.
2. If the icing looks a little soupy add in 1/2 C powder sugar.
3. Mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
4. Split the icing into two bowls.
5. Add a few drops of Super Red food dye into 1 bowl.
6. If you don’t like the shade of the color, add 1-2 more drops.
7. Add a few drops of blue into the second bowl.
8. Leave the third bowl white.
9. Scoop some of the icing into the 3 piping bags.
10. Using the remaining icing in the bowls, add 2 TBSP water into the bowls to thin out the icing.
11. Pour the thinned icing into the squeeze bottles.
Decorating Instructions
1. Take your cooled stained glass cookies and set them onto the cookie sheet.
2. Add a few sprinkles into the “glass” part of the bottom cookie.
3. Take one of your piping bags and pipe on a line around the cookie part of the bottom cookie.
4. Place another cookie on top of the bottom cookie so that the icing becomes a “glue”.
5. Let cookie sit for 30 minutes before decorating the top.
6. Take the red piping bag and pipe a line on 1/3 of the top of the star.
7. Using the White icing, pipe the middle 1/3 of the cookie.
8. Using the blue icing pipe a line around the bottom of the cookie.
9. Fill in the colors with the matching thinned icing colors.
10. Let cookies dry for 2 hours before enjoying!
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Stained Glass Patriotic Firework Cookie
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While I used pineapple Jolly Ranchers to achieve the clear center – feel free to experiment! The pineapple may not be easy to find so you can try lemon as an alternate. But think out side the box too! Play around with the colors by adding a blue or red Jolly Rancher variety in the center to get a more colorful stained glass look. Use gold stars in the middle instead of the red, white and blue version I did.
And remember these cookies can be used all year round. Get some egg or bunny shaped cookie cutters instead of stars, change up the colors and you have an amazing Easter cookie!
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