Grinch Stained Glass Cookies
These Grinch Stained Glass Cookies are perfect for the holidays! Tender cookies filled with melted cherry candy make these a great Christmas dessert.
They are a fun treat to make with kids and would be a great addition to any cookie exchange. The cookies have crispy edges and candy candy-filled center. What more could you want in a festive cookie?
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- These cookies are perfect for the holidays with their festive colors and fun design.
- The combination of tender cookie and melted cherry candy filling is irresistible.
- This recipe is easy to make and great for baking with kids.
🛒Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to help you make this delicious recipe. Gather these ingredients on your next trip to the grocery store so you can enjoy this sweet treat with your family and friends.
- unsalted butter
- white sugar
- eggs
- vanilla
- almond extract
- flour
- Neon green food coloring
- crushed cherry Jolly Ranchers
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make These Grinch Stained Glass Cookies
Making these cookies is so simple. Just follow the step-by-step directions at the bottom of this post and you will have some festive cookies to share with your family and friends in no time at all.
Step 1: Combine the wet ingredients
In a large mixing bowl beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy using an electric mixer. Next, add your eggs, vanilla, almond, and green food coloring and mix until combined.
Step 2: Add the dry ingredients
Next, gradually add in 3 ½ cups of flour.
Step 3: Chill the dough
Once the dough is combined wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least an hour, up to overnight.
Step 4: Preheat the oven and roll out the cookie dough
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough to about a ¼ inch thick, using the leftover flour to keep the dough from sticking.
Step 5: Cut out the hearts
Use a heart cookie cutter and cut-out hearts. Using a smaller heart cutter cut out a small heart in the big heart. Place the cookies onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Step 6: Add the candy and bake
Using a little spoon fill the small hearts up with the crushed red candy. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until the edges are just golden.
Step 7: Cool before serving
Remove from oven and let cool completely on the pan before removing or else the red candy might not have cooled and hardened. Serve!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Powdered sugar – Dust these cookies with powdered sugar for extra sweetness.
- Chocolate – Melt some chocolate and drizzle on the tops of the cookies for a chocolatey twist.
- Sprinkles – Add some festive sprinkles to the top of your cookies before baking for extra color and fun.
If you love Grinch Cookies you may also enjoy these Grinch Linzer Cookies.
🥄 Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- Cookie sheets
- Rolling pin
- Medium heart cookie cutter
- Small heart cookie cutter
🥫 Storage
Store leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the cookie dough before baking and bake it later for fresh cookies whenever you want!
Serve With
I love to pair these cookies with a cup of coffee, hot chocolate, Christmas Morning Punch, or Boozy Grinch Punch.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that these cookies turn out perfectly for you.
- Make sure your butter and eggs are at room temperature before mixing to ensure a smooth and even batter.
- Chilling the dough helps the cookies keep their shape and adds to their texture. Don’t skip this step.
- Neon food coloring gel will give you the best color for the cookie dough. I don’t recommend using liquid food coloring.
- You can also use cinnamon candy for this recipe.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, you can refrigerate the dough for up to 24 hours before baking. Just be sure to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap.
Yes, you can freeze the baked cookies for up to 3 months. Just thaw them in the fridge before serving.
🍽 More Grinch Recipes
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🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Grinch Stained Glass Cookies
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Electric mixer
- Cookie sheets
- Rolling Pin
- Medium heart cookie cutter
- Small heart cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter softened
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 cups flour divided
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Neon green food coloring
- ½ cup crushed cherry jolly ranchers
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy using an electric mixer.
- Next add in your eggs, vanilla, almond and green food coloring and mix until combined.
- Next gradually add in 3 ½ cups of flour.
- Once the dough is combined wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least an hour, up to overnight.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll out the dough to about a ¼ inch thick, using the leftover flour to keep the dough from sticking.
- Use a heart cookie cutter and cut out hearts.
- Using a smaller heart cutter cut out a small heart in the big heart.
- Place the cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Using a little spoon fill the small hearts up with the crushed red candy.
- Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until the edges are just golden.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely on the pan before removing or else the red candy might not have cooled and hardened.
- Serve!
I have been DYING to try the “stained glass” look in a dessert of mine! It looks amazing in these cookies – and here I was thinking there was no way anyone could come up with a Grinch recipe that hadn’t already been created 😂 but the red looks so awesome and you’re making me want to try the stained glass look ASAP!
We love stained glass cookies of all kinds! These are really festive. enjoy if you make them! 🙂