Taste of Home
Dipped Cherry Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: about 4 dozen.
Our seven children and four grandkids voted this festive, flavorful cookie a “keeper.” We gave a batch to our mail carrier, in thanks for trudging through so much snow, and she asked for the recipe. —Ruth Anne Dale, Titusville, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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3/4 cup sugar, divided
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1 cup cold butter, cubed
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1/2 cup finely chopped maraschino cherries, patted dry
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12 ounces white baking chocolate, finely chopped, divided
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1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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2 teaspoons shortening
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Coarse clear and red sugars
Directions
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1.
In a large bowl, combine flour and 1/2 cup sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Knead in cherries, 2/3 cup white chocolate and the extract until dough forms a ball.
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2.
Shape into 3/4-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass dipped in remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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3.
In a microwave, melt shortening and remaining white chocolate; stir until smooth.
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4.
Dip half of each cookie into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 108 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 11mg cholesterol, 34mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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