This recipe for Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies is perfect for Valentines Day or Christmas. These shortbread cookies are buttery and full of cherries with a chocolate kiss on top.
Ingredients:
16 oz jar of maraschino cherries
2 1/4 cup flour
2 sticks butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1 Tbsp cherry juice reserved from cherries
a few Tbsp of granulated sugar to roll cookies in
Drain cherries and set aside 1 Tbsp of juice for later. Cream butter well, then slowly add powdered sugar till incorporated. Add cherry juice and almond extract, mix together. Slowly add in flour, mix just until incorporated. Add drained cherries, mix. form dough into 1 inch balls, roll in granulated sugar and place on cookie sheet. Push down in the middle of cookie with thumb. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 325. Unroll kisses while cookies are baking. Once cookies are done, press down kisses at thumb print as soon as they are out of the oven.
1 авг 2024
