Sponsored by Glicks and Heaven and Earth
Photography by Sara Goldstein
Some Chanukah projects feel like crafts, some feel like baking…and every once in a while you hit that magical sweet spot right in between. This sheet-pan menorah cookie is exactly that. It starts as a giant cookie (yes, the entire pan becomes one big edible canvas) and turns into a colorful, festive centerpiece that kids and adults can decorate together.
Simply cut out a menorah shape, fill it with a different color dough, sprinkle in some playful crushed Heaven & Earth candies for the flames, and finish it off with a touch of gelt. It’s part baking project, part holiday art, and completely irresistible. Whether you slice it like bars or bring it straight to the table as a showstopper, this cookie brings pure Chanukah joy.
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What You Need:
-Your favorite cookie dough
-Blue food coloring
-A menorah-shaped template (you can make your own on paper or cardboard)
-Heaven & Earth lollipops or other hard candies, crushed
-A quarter sheet pan lined with parchment
Directions:
1-Prep the Base
Press your plain cookie dough evenly into the sheet pan, covering the entire surface from corner to corner. Smooth the top.
2-Create the Menorah Cut-Out
Place your menorah template on top of the dough. Using a small knife or paring knife, carefully cut around the template.
Lift out the menorah-shaped dough piece. You’ll have a menorah-shaped space right in the center of your cookie pan.
3-Fill the Menorah
Tint the dough you removed with blue food coloring. Gently press it into the menorah cut-out, making sure it reaches all the edges and sits flush with the surrounding dough. A helpful tip is to roll out the blue dough, use the template to cut out the menorah shape in sections, and then piece those sections together inside the cut-out.
4-Add the “Flames”
Crush the Heaven & Earth lollipops (a zip-top bag and a rolling pin do the trick). Spoon the crushed candy into each flame area of the menorah. They’ll melt into jewel-like stained-glass flames in the oven.
5-Bake
Bake the cookie according to your dough recipe. Usually around 350F until the edges are golden. The candy flames will melt and settle as the cookie bakes. Let the whole pan cool completely before touching it (the candy hardens as it cools).
6-Add Festive Touches
Once the cookie has cooled, top it with Glicks gelt in any empty spaces.
5-Slice or Serve Whole
You can cut it into squares or serve the entire giant menorah cookie as the centerpiece of the dessert table.
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