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One of my Favorite Holiday Cookies – Cherry Bits

December 1, 2020 Amy 1 Comment

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I have another Delicious Cookie Recipe for you.  This has to be my Favorite Cookie.  Every year my grandma would make these – along with a bunch of other Yummy cookies… I think that Cherry Bits were everyone’s favorite. 2011-12-07_22-26-44_768 1 cup margarine softened 1 egg well beaten 1 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar 1 t. vanilla 1 T. almond extract 2 1/2 c. flour, sifted 1 t. baking powder 1 Jar (11 oz) Maraschino cherries drained, chopped and juice reserved In a large bowl combine margarine, egg, confectioners sugar, vanilla and almond extract.  Beat until well blended and smooth.  Sift together flour and baking power and bead graduly into mixture.  Fold in chopped cherries, cover bowl with plastic wrap and referigerate at least one hour. Roll chilled dough into balls about the size of a large marble and place on un-greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.  Bake at 375 degrees six to eight minutes.  These cookies should not brown.  Cool on wire wrack or waxed paper. In a small bowl, moisten confectioner’s sugar with just enough reserved cherry juice to form a thick glaze.  add one drop of almond extract for flavoring.  Glaze tops of cooled cookies.  Makes about five dozen small cookies I did this backwards… I started off with Cherry Juice and then added the powdered sugar…doesn’t work all that well…It takes a LOT of  Confectioners sugar to make it a glaze that way!  It was so much fun making them though!

 
Cherry Bits
 
Recipe Type: Cookies
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 5 doz
Ingredients
  • 1 cup margarine softened
  • 1 egg well beaten
  • 1 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 T. almond extract
  • 2 1/2 c. flour, sifted
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • 1 Jar (11 oz) Maraschino cherries drained, chopped and juice reserved
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl combine margarine, egg, confectioners sugar, vanilla and almond extract.
  2. Beat until well blended and smooth.
  3. Sift together flour and baking power and bead graduly into mixture.
  4. Fold in chopped cherries, cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour.
  5. Roll chilled dough into balls about the size of a large marble and place on un-greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
  6. Bake at 375 degrees six to eight minutes. (These cookies should not brown.)
  7. Cool on wire wrack or waxed paper.
  8. In a small bowl, moisten confectioner’s sugar with just enough reserved cherry juice to form a thick glaze. Add one drop of almond extract for flavoring. Glaze tops of cooled cookies. Makes about five dozen small cookies
 
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*This is a recipe that has been in the family.  I do not know the original origin of this recipe.

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  1. D. Derrick Wortrhey says

    December 1, 2020 at 10:39 am

    Is there such a thing as a cherry overload? No! I didn’t think so. This cookie looks and sounds like something I would absolutely love to try! Thank you!

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