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Maraschino Cherry Directions
Cookies 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
20 servings 2. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and brown
sugar with an electric mixer for 1 minute,
40 minutes or until combined. Add in the egg and
extracts, beat again.
Ingredients 3. Add in a small amount of pink gel food
coloring and mix.
4. In separate small bowl, whisk together
1/4 cup unsalted butter, the flour, baking soda, and salt.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to wet
softened ingredients, mixing by hand with a
3/4 cup light brown sugar 5. spatula.
Add in the finely chopped maraschino
1 large egg cherries and chocolate chips, mix by
hand until combined. The batter will be
1 tsp vanilla extract thick.
1/8 tsp almond extract 6. Use a cookie scoop to drop dough balls
onto a silicone lined baking sheet. Press
pink gel food coloring additional cherries and chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 7. into the outside of the dough balls.
Bake for 14-16 minutes – be sure not to
1/2 tsp baking soda over bake or the cookies will loose their
pink color and turn brown.
1/4 tsp salt 8. Allow the cookies to cool to the touch on
3/4 cup maraschino the baking sheet (about 15 minutes) then
move them to a cooling rack.
cherries, drained and Notes
finely chopped "Cookie Day" is a tradition on my dad's side
3/4 cup semi-sweet of the family where the aunts, sisters and
cousins, etc. all get together and bake
chocolate chips cookies the first Saturday of December. It
started in the early 1950's when my dad was
just a kid and has been going on ever
From the Kitchen of: since. I've flown out to Philadelphia (where
it is usually hosted) a few times over the
Caitlin K. years to connect with family we really only
Hello! Arizona see on this weekend. Recently, we have
Director of Program Design kept the Cookie Day tradition alive and
incorporated the new generation by
hosting "West Coast Cookie Day" in Tucson.
