Santa's Whiskers

Submitted by mermaidmagic

"From Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. A woman in my husband's office makes these for him at Christmas time. He just loves them."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 80 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped candied red cherries
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 cup flaked coconut

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Beat butter for 30 seconds.
3. Add sugar and beat until fluffy.
4. Add milk and vanilla and beat well.
5. Stir in flour, then cherries and pecans.
6. Shape into three 7-inch rolls.
7. Roll dough in coconut to coat outside.
8. Wrap in waxed paper or clean plastic wrap.
9. Chill thoroughly.
10. Cut into 1/4 inch slices.
11. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
12. Bake in 375 oven for 12 minutes or until edges are golden.

Reviews

[BecR2400]

One of my family's most requested holiday cookies. Don't mix red and green cherries in the same batch (the colors will bleed and look muddy). Thanks for the post.

 

[Debbie Loves to Cook]

I made these for my xmas cookie exchange this year. The recipe is accurate for ingredients, batch size and cooking time. It is easy to double. I did add a touch of almond extract as I think you can never go wrong with a hint of almond extract. These were easy and delicious! A keeper.

 

[Bluebelles]

Really enjoyed these, even tho I don't usually liked candied cherries. I used half red and half green cherries, I feel the cookies are prettier this way.

 

[Nikoma]

I don't know what happened to my batch but I had many troubles. First thing was that this dough DID NOT want to form a log - took me about 20 minutes. The coconut wouldn't stick to it very well either. Then I chilled the dough overnight and couldn't cut through the dough without it crumbling and needing to be pieced back together :/ I had to cut my cookies more like 1 inch then 1/4 inch, and they still got hard in the oven at the specified time! The taste is good if you've got milk, but I won't try this again..sorry

 

[BMac5440]

My mom used to make these every year, same name too and I didn't have the recipe. Thanks so much for sharing. It's going in my must bake cookies pile for this year. Can't wait!