Stained Glass Squares Food

STAINED GLASS BARS

Steps:

• Add 1 cup boiling water to each flavor fruit gelatin mix in separate bowls; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour each flavor of gelatin into separate small shallow food storage container sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
• Sprinkle unflavored gelatine over cold water; let stand 1 min. Stir in remaining boiling water. Add condensed milk; mix well. Cool slightly.
• Cut flavored gelatin into cubes. Randomly place cubes in 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Pour milk mixture over cubes; stir to evenly distribute gelatin cubes. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm before cutting into bars.

STAINED GLASS CHEESECAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• place each packet of jelly in a separate square/oblong bowl and mix each with 1 cup of boiling water. refrigerate overnight or until set.
• line a 9 x 13 cm. dish with baking paper.
• cut all the jelly into cubes and spread across the bottom of the dish.
• mix the gelatin with the boiling water. stir till dissolved. put aside.
• using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, strawberry essence and condensed milk together until smooth.
• beat in the cream then the gelatin. beat till well combined. cool.
• when cool, pour over the jelly cubes.
• refrigerate till set. cut into squares to serve.

STAINED GLASS SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Combine flour and first amount of brown sugar.
• Cut in butter.
• Press into greased 9 X 13 pan
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes.
• While base is baking, beat egg slightly & add second amount of brown sugar.
• Add nuts, glazed cherries and chocolate chips.Blend well.
• Spoon this mixture over baked base. Press firmly.
• Bake for 20 minute
• Cool and cut into squares.

STAINED GLASS VALENTINE HEART COOKIES

Steps:

• Using a stand mixer and paddle attachment cream together softened butter, granulated sugar, and sea salt until smooth and creamy (about 3 minutes). Scrape down sides as needed and continue to mix.
• Add in beaten eggs and vanilla and mix until combined (about 1 minute or so).
• Gradually add in the flour and mix on medium-low until well combined. As you are adding in the flour, add a few drops of food coloring until you get the desired shade of red.
• Tightly wrap your dough ball in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours. You can separate it into 2 balls if you prefer to work with smaller batches.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Take your dough out of the fridge.
• Use some of the extra flour to sprinkle on a clean countertop and turn the dough out onto it.
• Sprinkle the dough ball with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about ¼ inch thick. Use more of the extra flour as needed to keep the dough from sticking to the counter or rolling pin.
• Use a large cookie cutter to cut out "panes" of cookie dough and transfer them to the prepared cookie sheet.
• Use a smaller cookie cutter out of the panes and remove them, adding them to the extra dough that you will roll out for more cookies or use them for smaller mini cookies.
• Place crushed hard candies in the cutout of the cookie dough panes. You want to fill it nearly full with the hard candy crumbs and be sure it is in an even layer, not mounded in the centre.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies just begin to brown and the candies are completely melted.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on the baking sheet before removing.