Cherry Surprise Cookies for St. Val or St. Pat
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
24-36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained well, reserving juice
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Pink Cherry Frosting
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- reserved cherry juice
- chopped walnuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar together; add egg yolks and blend well.
- Add flour, salt, and allmond extract, mixing well.
- Flatten pieces of dough in your cupped hand with your fingertips. Insert a well-drained cherry (no stem) and mold dough around it being sure to completely cover the cherry. Place on baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Cool and frost tops with Pink Cherry Frosting.
- To make frosting: Mix powdered sugar and butter with enough of the reserved cherry juice to make a spreading consistency. . Sprinkle each cookie with chopped wallnuts.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Lorraine of AZ
Scottsdale