Cherry Drop Cookies

Submitted by liquidconfusion

"This cookie takes shortbread to the extreme! It's loaded with buttery goodness, candied cherries and nuts. This recipe is a family favorite, handed down for generations."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 48 cookies

ingredients

• 2 cups butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups cake flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (can omit if using salted butter)
• 2 cups nuts (choice of soft nut)
• 3 -4 cups candied cherries

directions

1. Beat the butter, egg yolks and brown sugar until creamy. Add vanilla and beat again. Remove beater and get a spoon to mix the rest of the way. Alternate adding flour, nuts and candied cherries.
2. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake at 350F for 12-13 minutes. These cookies will brown very fast due to the butter content. You should remove them when the bottoms are just starting to turn brown.

Reviews

[Kimberly G.]

I'm sorry to say, but these cookies were horrible. I followed the recipe and they turned out tasteless and dry. I think there was way too much flour in this recipe. 2 cups of cake flour and 2 cups of regular flour is too much flour. Probably why they came out flavorless. Very disappointed.