My sister and I traditionally get together to make sugar cookies for the holidays every year. We cut most of them ith a round cutter, sprinkle with colored sugar and bake, then stack them in Pringles cans to store. We used to have a lot of breakage since the dough is rolled so thin; hasn't been a problem since we started doing this, and makes the process seem to go faster (we're talking about 6-8 hours of rolling and cutting!). We always save some dough for the kids to roll out and decorate after school (What, you made the sugar cookies without us!!) We make stained glass cookies by cutting out the centers just as you did, but filling it with crushed hard candy before baking; it melts into a lovely clear window. Just be sure to use foil or a silpat underneath, or your cookies will be permanently glued to your cookie sheet! (done it! :-O)

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