If you’d like another old-fashioned cookie recipe, check out my Fudgy Thumbprint Cookies. Lay them in a single layer in an airtight container with wax paper or parchment paper between layers. Wait until they’re completely cool and the glaze has hardened. Of course, the glaze isn’t necessary, but it’s a tasty touch. Whisk together the glaze of powdered sugar, cherry juice and water and drizzle over the cookies as you like.Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes until the edges begin to color.I like to keep my baking spray handy for a quick spray onto my hands. Form the dough into balls and roll them in sugar.Keeping baking spray handy to grease hands is convenient!.

Chill the dough for at least one hour or more. Mix in half the dry ingredients, then the remainder.She made a name for herself for her performance in the Barry. With her extraordinary singing voice, Donna Cherry has performed in over a dozen operas and received the Metropolitan Opera Apprentice Award. Beat in the egg, cherry juice and almond extract. Donna Cherry studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and earned a Music and Theatre degree from Cal State.If you’d like to learn more about it, see my post about my yummy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies where creaming is explained further. Cream together the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy.Ĭreaming is a baking term that means to whip together fat and sugar until it’s light and fluffy.

Be sure to measure cherries once theyre processed, not whole Cherry jam ingredients. Any leftovers will last for months in the refrigerator. Roughly chop up cherries using a chopper, blender, or food processor.

I usually locate them in the grocery store in the ice cream topping section, as opposed to the fruit aisle. This recipe uses Maraschino Cherries the same cherries you’ll find in cocktails and ice cream sundaes. They’re not fancy, they’re not trendy, they’re just plain delicious. I say that because they’re part of my childhood memories, although I’ve tweaked my mother’s recipe a bit. Sweet, cake-like, and reminiscent of bygone days, Old-Fashioned Cherry Cookies satisfy your sweet tooth and just might take you back to your grandma’s cookie jar.

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