Cherry Dream Cookies Recipes

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.

CHERRY DELIGHT COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix baking soda, salt and flour together. Set aside.
• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Beat in egg, vanilla and food coloring if using.
• Stir in maraschino cherries (including juice), coconut, nuts, and dates.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Drop onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
• Enjoy.
• Note: Depending on how much juice is in the cherries you may need to add additional flour otherwise the cookies will flatten way out when baked.

CHERRY DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix according to package directions, using a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. , Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Cool cake on a wire rack for 3-5 minutes. Poke holes in cake with a meat fork or wooden skewer; gradually pour gelatin over cake. Cool for 15 minutes. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Carefully spread over cake. Top with the pie filling. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

RED CHERRY DREAM SQUARES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 deg.
• Grease 13x9" pan.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, 1 cup of the rolled oats and 6 T of the margarine; mix until crumbly.
• Reserve 1 cupcrumbs for topping.
• To remaining crumbs, add 1 egg; mix until well blended.
• Press into greased pan.
• Pour cherry pie filling over crust; spread to cover.
• To reserved crumbs in large bowl, add remaining 1/4 cup rolled oats and 2 T margarine, nuts and brown sugar; mix well.
• Sprinkle over cherry filling.
• Bake at 350 deg for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• If desired, serve with whipped cream.

CHERRY SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Top each with a chocolate star and wrap dough around it. Top each with a candied cherry half. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CHERRY PECAN DREAMS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and orange zest. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in the chips, cherries and pecans. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Beat the unsalted butter, butter flavored shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time; beat in the vanilla extract and almond extract with the last egg. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the cherries, walnuts, pecans, and chocolate chunks, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned around the edges, 11 to 13 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes; remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C)
• In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar and soy margarine. Add egg white, and mix well.
• In another bowl, stir together the spelt flour, wheat flour, baking soda and salt. Add this to the sugar mixture and mix well. Finally, stir in the dried cherries.
• Drop cookie dough from a teaspoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 13 minutes.

CHEWY CHERRY CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with one rack in top third and one rack in bottom third of oven. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• Place dried cherries in a small bowl, and cover with 1 cup boiling water to plump them; let stand 5 minutes. Drain, and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and both sugars. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg and vanilla extract, and beat to combine. Beat in flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix in cherries, white and milk chocolate, and pecans. Batter should be stiff.
• Use a large (2 1/2 ounce) or small (1 1/4 ounce) ice-cream scoop to form balls of dough. Place the balls of dough about 4 inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake until golden and just set, rotating the sheets between the oven racks halfway through baking to ensure even browning, about 15 minutes for large cookies and 12 minutes for small cookies. Transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool for about 5 minutes before transferring cookies to rack.

CHERRY BELL COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together: 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ginger and 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee. Put aside.
• Cream 1 cup butter or margarine. Add 1 1/4 cups brown sugar. Cream well. Blend in dark corn syrup, egg, and cream. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Roll out dough, 1/3 at a time on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut cookies into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• To Make Filling: Combine 1/3 firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons cherry juice. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts, chopped fine.
• Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Shape into a bell by folding sides of dough to meet over the filling using spatula to fold over sides. Make top of bell narrower than at the clapper end. Place 1/2 of a maraschino cherry (cut side down) at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes.