“ Easy recipe with a surprise inside!” - by DARBYANNE
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
Original recipe yields 3 dozen
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cream butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla until mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly blend in the flour.
- For each cookie, shape one level tablespoon of dough around a cherry. Form each cookie into a ball and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition
Amount Per Serving (18 total)
- Calories
- 273 cal
- 14%
- Fat
- 15.6 g
- 24%
- Carbs
- 30.6 g
- 10%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Reviews (10)
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"These were absolutely delicious! I made half as directed by the recipe, using one cherry per cookie, and for the other half I chopped up the cherries and added them to the dough along with a little c..." See moreherry juice and flour (they were pink, and very cute!) Both ways work equally well. However, I don't think a 10-oz jar of maraschino cherries is enough, especially if you use one cherry per cookie as the recipe directs. I used a 16-oz jar easily. I will definitely make these cookies again, perhaps experimenting with almond extract instead of vanilla, just for fun! This recipe would be a real beauty on a party platter."
J. Meyers
"I dribbled a frosting made from Confectioner's sugar and water over the top of these cookies, so it tasted a lot like those cherry cordials. Several people came to me later and told me that these wer..." See moree the best cookies they've ever had!"
Jessica
"With a few changes, this was great! They look so pretty too. I chopped up cherries and added them to the batter. My family likes nuts so I added walnuts as well. Before putting them in the oven, I mix..." See moreed sugar and walnuts together and dipped the up side of the balls to the mixture. They look very festive! :)"
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