Description
Festive stained glass cookies that double as beautiful decorations for your Christmas tree. These ginger-flavored treats are filled with colorful melted sweets for a stunning effect.
Ingredients
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- 350g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 100g butter
- 175g brown sugar
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) honey
- 1 beaten egg
- Milk, as needed to bind
- Boiled sweets, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and line two baking trays with parchment paper.
- Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, and ginger together into a large bowl.
- Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the brown sugar, honey, and beaten egg. Mix well to form a dough, adding a little milk if necessary to bind the dough together.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about 5mm thickness.
- Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Use a smaller cutter to cut out the centers of the cookies.
- Place the cookies on the prepared baking trays. Fill the center of each cookie with crushed boiled sweets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown and the sweets have melted.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on the trays before transferring to a wire rack.
- Thread a ribbon through the hole in each cookie to hang them on your Christmas tree.
Notes
- For a more vibrant stained glass effect, use a variety of colored boiled sweets.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh.
- If the dough is too sticky, chill it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes before rolling out.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 100
- Fat: 5
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 20