Gluten Free Christmas Cookies with Stained Glass

• Gluten free

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 175 g Margarine, dairy free

• Baking & Spices

  • 450 g All purpose gluten free flour blend
  • 1/2 tsp Almond extract
  • 1 tsp Baking powder, gluten free
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp Xanthan gum

• Desserts

  • 1 1lb bag Clear candies, hard

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Description

Ingredients

• 175g or 1.5 sticks dairy free margarine (or butter)
• 200g/ 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 450g/ 3 & ¼ cups all purpose gluten free flour blend
• 1 tsp xanthan gum (omit if included in your flour blend)
• 1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp almond extract
• 1lb bag of hard clear candies (like Jolly Ranchers)

Directions

• READ NOTES FIRST
• You will need two cookies cutters of the same shape, with one smaller than the other for the cut out centers.
• Preheat your oven to 350F
• Separate the hard candies into their various colors and put each color in a small ziplock bag.
• Using a rolling pin or something similar carefully smash the candies into small pieces.
• Cream together margarine and sugar.
• Add in eggs and vanilla and almond extracts and mix until combined, remember to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Measure out the dry ingredients into another bowl and mix by hand to combine the gum and baking powder.
• Add the dry ingredients to the sugar and egg mixture and mix well to combine.
• If the cookie dough is too soft to roll out at this point, place it in a bag or in a covered bowl in the fridge to allow the margarine to harden enough so that you can roll it out later.
• When the dough has hardened roll it out on parchment paper, I use cling wrap to cover the top of the dough as I roll it out so that it does not stick to the rolling pin, I dont use extra flour.
• Transfer the cut out cookies to the lined baking sheet and then use a smaller cutter with the same shape to cut out the centers.
• Fill the center of the cookies with approx ½ to 1 tsp crushed candy.
• Bake cookies for 12 - 14 minutes at 350F on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Allow to cool on baking sheet, the cookies will firm up once cooled and the glass center will harden.
• The candy will be bubbling when it comes out of the oven, this is normal and it will spread out when it cools down and the bubbles should disappear.