Welcome to Day Three of Cookie Week! Today’s cookies are Cherry Snowdrops. These cookies are lovely. The icing sugar on the outside is so sweet, and then the dried cherries inside are so tart, and the cookie itself is a nice shortbread.
These cookies were Paige’s choice, my oldest daughter. We only have them at Christmas and they are so nice with a hot cup of tea, or a tall glass of cold milk, in Paige’s case. The original recipe is from a good old Martha Stewart Living, Dec. 2004 -okay now I feel old, with just a few changes. Enjoy!
Cherry Snowdrop Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of cold butter cut into small pieces
- 1 cup icing sugar, divided
- 1/4 cornstarch
- 2 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped
Directions:
1. Combine butter, 1/2 cup icing sugar, and cornstarch in a bowl of an electric mixer and mix on medium speed until smooth.
2. Add vanilla and combine. Mix in flour and cherries. Let dough rest 5 min.
3. Roll into 1-inch balls and bake on a cookie sheet at 325 degrees until bottoms are just brown, about 20 mins.
4. Let cool complete, and then roll cookies in the remaining 1/2 cup icing sugar.
With Cherry Snowdrop Cookies this sweet, life really is a party!
This post is linked up at Lil’ Luna, Someday Crafts, Free Pretty Things For You, Savvy Southern, Creations by Kara, and Primp.
They look and sound good.
They sound yummy:) Beautiful photos!