Cherry Cardamom Cookies

Submitted by heather in Ont

"These are a very soft delicious cookie. I made 8 dz for a cookie exchange at Christmas last year and they were a hit. These have to be one of the family's favourite. The first batch was gone in no time. The cream cheese adds a nice flavour to this cookie. If you like cherries you can add more by pressing 3 or 4 dried cherries into the tops of cookies before baking."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 36 cookies

ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained & chopped
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• powdered sugar, if desired

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Toss chopped cherries and 2 Tbsp flour: set aside.
3. Beat butter, sugar and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy.
4. Beat in egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
5. Beat in 2 1/3 cups flour, the cardamom, baking powder and baking soda on low speed just until flour is moistened.
6. Stir in cherries (Dough may be streaked with pink).
7. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 12 to 14 min or until bottoms are light golden.
9. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack;cool.
10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Reviews

[Mustang Sally 54269]

These turned out good & they were tasty. For our tastes they were abit too sweet & abit 'cakey' also but buttermilk will normally do that. Liked the combination of cream cheese, cherries & cardamom flavours.

 

[nott2339]

I did not care for these. The recipe is well written, it was just a matter of texture for me. They were just a bit to "cakey" for me. Too soft.

 

[Strawberry Bookworm]

Love this recipe! I upped the intensity of the cherry/cardamom flavors by using 10oz of cherries and 2 teaspoons cardamom and have added this recipe to holiday/bake sale rotation.

 

[crescendogal]

Very good! We love cardamom and this was something new.

 

[Len23]

Interesting recipe. I'm giving four stars for unique taste, ease of putting together and presentation, because they really are nice looking cookies. First time I've tried cardamom and I'm not sure if I'm in love with the spice, but a few coworkers loved 'em, so I can definitely see adding this cookie to my holiday/christmas rotation. They feel like a christmas cookie to me. I dusted two batches with icing sugar and the last batch I pressed extra cherries into the top. Took ten minutes bake time to get nicely browned and puffy cookies in my convection oven, so watch these babies carefully.