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Spiced Cherry Bells

3 reviews
Test Kitchen Approved
Total Time

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min.

Makes

About 4-1/2 dozen

Updated: Dec. 15, 2022
Coffee and ginger flavor this old-fashioned recipe Peggy Graving of Butte, Montana received from her mother-in-law years ago. "I always bake up a batch for the dessert buffet I host on Christmas Eve," Peggy writes. "Everyone comments on the taste, and the bell shape of the cookies adds to the festive occasion."
Spiced Cherry Bells
Spiced Cherry Bells Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • 3-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • FILLING:
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups finely chopped pecans
  • 14 maraschino cherries, quartered

Directions

  1. In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in corn syrup, egg and cream. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate dough for 2-4 hours or overnight.
  2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  3. In a bowl, combine the first three filling ingredients; mix well. Stir in pecans. Place 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the center of each cookie. Shape into a cone 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.
  4. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 232 calories, 12g fat (5g saturated fat), 28mg cholesterol, 153mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.