Cherry Bonbon Cookies
From chefmeow 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 24
These are very light and delicate and tastes great. This is one of the cookies that my friend Brenda brings to my annual cookie exchange every year and they are very popular and always heavily sought out. Enjoy
Ingredients
- 24 maraschino cherries undrained shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter softened shopping list
- 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 tablespoons light cream shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- powdered sugar shopping list
- Cherry Glaze: shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter melted shopping list
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup reserved cherry juice shopping list
- red food coloring shopping list
How to make it
- Drain cherries reserving 1/4 cup juice for glaze then set aside.
- Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Gradually add 3/4 cup powdered sugar beating well.
- Stir in flour and next 3 ingredients then shape into 24 balls.
- Press each ball around a cherry covering completely then place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and drizzle with cherry glaze.
- To make glaze combine first 3 ingredients then add food coloring.
- Place in small plastic bag and seal.
- To drizzle snip a tiny hole at one corner of bag and gently squeeze bag.
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