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Cherry Snowballs

by on January 31, 2011 in Cookies, Desserts January 31, 2011 CookiesDesserts
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A recipe from my grandmother’s cookbook. A simple cookie with pecans wrapped around a cherry and rolled in icing sugar.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Soft Butter
  • ½ cups Sifted Icing Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2-¼ cups Sifted All-Purpose Flour
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • ¾ cups Finely Chopped Pecans
  • 48 whole Maraschino Cherries, Well Drained
  • Icing Sugar

Preparation

Blend butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly. Sift flour and salt together and stir in. Mix in nuts. Chill dough.

Heat oven to 400F.

Wrap a heaping teaspoonful of dough completely around a cherry for each cookie. Be sure the cherries are dry.

Set cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cookies will be set but not brown. While warm, roll cookies in icing sugar. Cool and roll again in sugar.

Makes 4 dozen.

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caffeinatedmama on 2.2.2011

oh no…I really didn’t need another favorite cookie, but these look amazing!

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tastesbetterwithfriends on 2.2.2011

@Renee – if you “crack” the walnuts well enough, I think they’d work just fine!

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dawnalee on 2.2.2011

One of my favorite types of cookie. Adding the cherry is a great idea. Hmmm, penny wolf’s kiss and your cherry ones, sounds like a smashing Valentine combination. :)

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Tamara on 2.2.2011

Love this recipe, I’m going to try this

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GeorgiaPeachGAL on 1.7.2011

These look great!

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pettcl on 11.28.2011

I made these last year around Christmas and thought they were awesome! REALLY delicious! The cherry inside gives them a little more oomph than regular snowball cookies

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mtcwilson on 2.15.2011

I made these for our valentines cookies and they were wonderful!! My daughter’s eyes were priceless when she took one bite and saw what was inside them!! Thanks for sharing.

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Twyla on 1.12.2011

I just made these cookies tonight. Super fast, super easy and super scrumptious! I’m adding them to my Christmas Cookie list next year! I did half the batch, like you did and they turned out perfect.

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