Holiday Bells Recipe

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Our home economists added all-purpose flour to the sugar cookie dough to make it easy to handle and shape these pecan-filled bells. Maraschino cherries provide a festive final touch as the bells’ clappers.

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Holiday Bells Recipe

Prep: 35 min. Bake: 10 min.

Yield: 18 Servings

35 10 45

Ingredients

1/2 tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2-1/4 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
1/2 teaspoon butter, softened
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
5 red or green maraschino cherries, quartered

Directions

In a small bowl, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cherry juice and butter. Stir in pecans. Place 1/2 teaspoonful in the center of each cookie. Shape into a bell by folding edges of dough to meet over filling; pinch edges together.
Place a piece of cherry at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire racks. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 87 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 61 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Holiday Bells in Quick Cooking November/December 2005, p18