Cherry Winks

Submitted by Sharon123

"This is a 1950 Pillsbury BAKE-OFF Contest winner favorite!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 5 dozen cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup shortening
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1⁄3 cup chopped maraschino cherry, well drained
• 1 1⁄2 cups coarsely crushed corn flakes cereal
• 15 maraschino cherries, quartered,drained

directions

1. Heat oven to 375*.
2. Grease cookie sheets.
3. In large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla and eggs; beat well.
4. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pecans, dates and 1/3 cup chopped cherries; mix well.
5. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for easier handling (about 1/2 hour).
6. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into cereal; thoroughly coat.
7. Form into balls; place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
8. Lightly press maraschino cherry piece into top of each ball.
9. Bake at 375* for 10 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown.
10. Yield: 5 dozen cookies.

Reviews

[COOKGIRl]

If you're searching for an easy, festive, nostalgic Christmas cookie recipe, look no further. I cut the recipe in half. Used equal parts pecans and walnuts, unbleached flour. Spectrum Naturals' brand shortening for standard Crisco. I found Corn Flakes in bulk and buying them that way reduced the cost significantly. The cookies were made a little bigger because I used a cookie scoop (greased) to form the dough which meant they were baked a full 15 minutes. I don't ever remember tasting Cherry Winks before and this was a real treat! Thanks, Sharon!

 

[Dienia B.]

great cookie darlene loves these

 

[Pardeemom]

Great cherry wink recipe! I did modify it a bit. I only used 1/2 c. pecans and 1/2. of dates since that's all I had. I agree that the cornflakes were a nice crunch to the outside. This cookie even froze ok, although it wasn't in the freezer for more than 3 days!

 

[Kiko5541]

My husband's grandma requested these cookies. She gave us an old hand written recipe which was a little too worn to read. I found this recipe which seemed to match hers. Grandma loved the cookies and the memories! She did ask for more cornflakes on the outside next time we make them. Thank you very much!

 

[Whisper]

These cookies are really good! The inside is nice and soft, but the corn flakes give the outside a little crunch. My DH calls them breakfast cookies (because of the corn flakes and because they go great with coffee). If you like a cookie that isn't overpoweringly sweet, you've got to try these!