STAIN GLASS COOKIES It was dur

STAIN GLASS COOKIES

It was during the Renaissance that they started making the circle windows. Architects used the circle to represent the perfection of God. Also during this time stain glass windows were used to tell Bible stories for people who could not read.

We made stain glass windows. I used sugar cookie dough and rolled it out. Samantha cut the dough into circles with a smaller circle in the middle. She then crushed life savers and put it in the empty circle in the middle. Make sure you cover your pan with foil or the life savers when baked will stick to the pan.

When we crushed the lifesavers, we talked about how glass was made. Glass was made from sand and then it was fired. Then they painted the glass and re-fired it. By baking our "glass" she got to see the process it went through when heated.

Recipe

Ingredients:
Lifesavers
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening or butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375'F. Mix sugar, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt; cover and refrigerate 1 hour (or longer). Roll dough 1/8-inch on floured board. Cut using medium-large circle cutter; cut each large circle with a smaller circle (so you have a hole in the center). Place on large, foil covered, cookie sheets. Crush Lifesavers; place in cut outs. Bake until very light brown and candy is melted-- 7-9 minutes.

--Contributed by Helena Gosline

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