Cherry Snowballs

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"These simple cookies have a delicate buttery flavor complemented by the cherry surprise in the center."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 30 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, without stems drained and halved
• additional confectioners' sugar

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar; gradually add flour. Shape a tablespoonful of dough around each cherry, forming a ball. Place 1 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
2. Bake at 325° for 18-20 minutes or until the bottoms are browned. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

Reviews

[Engrossed]

WOW! These are my new favorite cookie. They are soooo WONDERFUL! So melt in your mouth...just the right amount of sweetness and the surprise cherry flavor is perfect with the outer dough. Oh YUM! I really enjoyed making these also...the dough is so soft and it butters your hands. I used whole cherries and also flattened and wrapped the dough around each one and then rolled them in my hands. Mine may have been larger than normal...so only made 20. I cooked them about 22 minutes. Thank you so much for this keeper recipe. Made for the Alphabet Soup game.

 

[kaemurphy]

A follow-up on my review dated 12/8. I felt bad slamming this recipe so I decided to tweak it. I added 1t of almond extract and 1T of the cherry juice to the dough mix. I used whole cherries and stuck a chocolate chip in the holes left by the pitting process. I plan to dip the cooled cookie in white or chocolate. To keep with the snowball name I'll use the powdered sugar to the variety.

 

[dee b.]

These were so wonderful! Tweaked it a little by adding 1 tsp of almond extract, and added red coarse sugar to the powdered sugar. Took them to work on my annual cookie tray and they were gone in an hour! Thank you for the new Christmas classic.

 

[Linzi Jordan]

I just didn't care for these cookies. After reading the reviews, I was expecting something like shortbread, but I didn't think these were sweet at all. I have noticed in cooking that when using powdered sugar it's hard to get things sweet enough. The buttery flaky part was good, I just think that the cookie should have had some flavor.

 

[xpnsve]

Every year for the last 3 years, I scour 'zaar for the perfect cookie recipe for the Cookie Swap I host in December. I am pleased to say, this recipe will be featured at the swap this year! Very simple to make and delicious! The only change I made was, I added 1 tsp. of pure (not imitation) almond extract to the dough to give it a little more 'oomph' of cherry flavor. Today was my 'trial run' of the cookies I plan on making for our swap next weekend (to work out any imperfections). My only other change for next week will be to not halve the cherries and leave them whole. Thanks so much for posting an incredibly easy and fabulous recipe!