Name: Stained-Glass Lemon Cookies
Yield: Makes about 30
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 large egg yolk; 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 6 ounces (about) red and/or green hard candies; Additional sugar

Stained-Glass Lemon CookiesJeff Sarpa

Any holiday-motif cookie cutter can be used to make these. If you don't have small cookie cutters (about one inch in diameter) to cut out the centers, use the wide end of a small pastry-bag tip instead. The cookies look striking in a glass canister dressed up with a bright red ribbon.

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