I’ve seen these called “snowballs”. A little maraschino cherry wrapped in shortbread, they’re one of my mom’s oldest recipes and were on every Christmas cookie platter.
Yield: approx. 25 cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 c salted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 c white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 c flour
- 12-15 maraschino cherries
- icing sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Cut the maraschino cherries in half and place them between two pieces of paper towel then press down to get out all the juice.
- Beat the butter and sugar together. Add the vanilla, then slowly add the flour until well mixed. Dough will be crumbly, put should hold together when squeezed. If not, add a little more flour.
- Take small amount of dough and roll it into a ball then press you finger into it to make a hole to place the cherry piece in it. Fold the dough around the cherry and roll it back into a ball.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely then roll in icing sugar.
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