Stained Glass Biscuit

[TrickyD]

Has anyone made these successfully? I mean the ones where you cut out a hole in the middle of the biscuit, fill hole with crushed boiled sweets and bake. Then you hang them on the tree where they are much admired.

I had a go last year, but DH has kindly reminded me that I said "Never again" .

Fiddly to make, the crushed sweets melted unevenly, and not much admiration.

Any hints other than 'Don't bother" ?

Ariela nope and I taste and smell All the Things

notime the gingerbread house is so pretty!

Notime, that is beautiful!

Lucysmam, here is what I bought but no longer available, plus a pic of the finished product (proud )

Lucysmam, if you Google 'pine cone moulds' you will find loads, most far cheaper than Lakeland's.

I made these at a youth event recently and it was fine. The hardest bit was bashing up the sweets! They melted so completely though, I reckon putting in a whole sweet would work. I bought ‘essential hard fruits’ or some such name, from Morrisons. 40p a pack; about 20 sweets in 5 flavours.

I pre-made dough using Biscuiteer’s basic vanilla biscuit recipe and it was fine. Cut a square of baking parchment for each child to label, that the biscuit baked on. They come out molten but swiftly cool and harden.

Wow these look fab but I know they wouldn't if I did them! :) More pics please as people attempt them.

Just made these with tunnock's recipe but I think I did them too thick and over-baked them. Still plenty of time to have another go before Christmas! I used foxes glacier fruits from the pound shop. Would recommend making quite a big hole as ours closed up a bit.

Brilliant first go!

I'm actually feeling quite proud of myself as generally anything I bake is an abject failure! They were enough of a success (by my low standards) that I will definitely make them again! Thanks for the recipe Tunnocks - I wouldn't have done it without that!

You did a great job! Also well done for not just eating all the mixture raw - it’s a definite risk in my house!

They look lovely.

I found it easier to cut the outer shape and transfer to the baking sheet, and then cut out the middle. You can make the middle section quite large if you’re not trying to move it.

Good tip - thanks Barbarara!

I'm only posting so this stays in my tio until tomorrow morning so me and dd2 can have a go, possibly using the gingerbread recipe posted but I"m on the bus so nowhere to write it down 🎄🎄

Ta-da! Dd2's stained glass biscuits. We used shortbread eventually.

We're both very pleased with them

So excited I forgot my photo...

preppykitchen.com/window-pane-cookies/

I've used this recipe before and it works fine. There's a video version on YouTube too which has some good hints.

Well done Lucysmam! 👏👏
You have inspired me, I might have another go

But technical details needed please.
Exactly which sweets did you use?
Did you crush or not?
What temperature did you cook them on?

@TrickyD we used Fox's Glacier Fruits. Bashed up with a hammer (the rolling pin did nothing to break them up!).

Baked for approx 5 mins, then a sprinkle of tiny sweetie pieces & make sure they're in the hole not spilled over.

Bake for approx 9 mins after that then leave to cool.

Cheapo baking/greaseproof from Home Bargains is fine so long as they're left to fully harden.

Temp is a bit of a guess as the thermostat in my oven is fucked; somewhere around 170° ish. They're ever so slightly burned round the edges but that may be because dd2 is decorating the tree while doing a bazillion other things too

Thanks, Lucysmam . Despite saying 'never again' I will have a go.

Good luck! 🤞🤞

Can’t you just paint jammy dodgers with clear nail varnish?

If anyone has been watching Kirstie’s handnade Christmas today, they will see have seen lots of gingerbread buildings with stained glass windows. The favoured method seems to be crushed sweets rather than melted whole ones.

A remarkable scale model of York Minster, anyone up for a go at something similar? Tunnock, Candles, Lucysmam?

Jammy dodgers with nail polish not allowed..

@Majorcollywobble you couldn't eat them then!!

@TrickyD I haven't been watching; wonder if it's on catch up somewhere though to have a look. Dd2 would probably be up for a go at something else with me (dd1 might humour me if she's not in grotty teen mode ).

@lucysmam
Your biscuits look good !
I thought they were just for tree hanging hence the Jammy Dodger comment .

@Majorcollywobble noooo...biscuits are for eating, not looking at