Cherry Dream Cookies Recipes

~ CHERRY DREAM MELTAWAYS ~

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Lightly grease a sheet pan. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the extracts. Mix the salt and flour and add to the butter mixture a little at a time until all is beaten in.
• 2. In a bowl, spoon out preserves and I chop the cherries up with a spoon, just so they aren't left whole.
• 3. Roll in the palm of your hand about 1 inch round balls and place on prepared pan about 1 inch apart. Use your thumb and indent the dough, not clear through, just enough that you can fill each cookie with 1/2 - 3/4 tsp of preserves.
• 4. Bake just until they begin to brown on the bottom, yet are nice and white on the sides and top - about 15 minutes.
• 5. Remove cookies to cooling rack and make the glaze while they cool.
• 6. Whisk together the sugar, almond extract and milk. Take a small baggie and roll down the top, spoon in the glaze and cut a small hole on the one corner. Pipe glaze over each cookie in a swirled motion.
• 7. Dig in, they are delicious!
• 8. Original recipe for which I tweaked. I loved my changes. :)

CHERRY DREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sifted icing sugar in a medium/large bowl.
• Add vanilla and cream it in.
• Sift dry ingredients (salt, flour, baking powder) in a separate bowl, then stir them in to the butter mixture.
• Add chopped cherries and mix well with spoon or fork.
• Roll teaspoons of dough into balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Press into cookie shapes with floured fork.
• Bake at 350 degrees until golden.