Chopped red maraschino cherries and a drizzling of chocolate make these cookies peppy and pretty additions to the party.
Cheery Cherry Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 60
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained on paper towels
- 1/3 cup sugar
Icing
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon shortening
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in cherries. Cover; freeze dough 30 minutes for easier handling.
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Step2Shape dough into balls, using 1 teaspoon dough for each, and roll in sugar; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until set and edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets and place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
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Step4In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and shortening on High 1 minute, stirring once halfway through microwaving, until melted. If necessary, continue to microwave on High in 15-second increments, stirring until smooth. Drizzle icing over cooled cookies.
Nutrition
50
Calories
2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 50
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 5mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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