Cherry Snowball Christmas Cookies
Author: Laura Wittmann
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 to 3 dozen maraschino cherries (drained and dried)
- fine granulated sugar
- Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Add the flour, salt and vanilla and mix well.
- Take a small amount of dough (about 1½ tsp. for each cookie) and flatten in the palm of your hand.
- Place a whole drained and dried cherry on the circle of dough.
- Cover cherry by pinching dough up and around it.
- Roll dough ball between hands until smooth.
- Bake on greased baking sheet at 325 degrees F. for 25-30 minutes.
- While still hot, roll in fine granulated sugar.
- Makes approximately 2 dozen or so depending on how big you make each ball.
- Freezes well.
Recipe by I'm an Organizing Junkie at https://orgjunkie.com/2014/12/cherry-snowball-christmas-cookies.html
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