Cherry Drop Sweeties
"A classie sugar cookie with a wonderful cherry glaze to top. My dad melted over this cookies!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
4 dozen cookies
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
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For the Cookie
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
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For the glaze
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cherry extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease your cookie sheets.
- Mix the sugar, shortening, egg, vanilla and almond extract until creamy. Mix in the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Make several small balls of dough. Roll out dough to about 1/8 or 1/4 inch thick and place cookies onto the prepared sheets. Flatten balls with hand, or can roll out on table.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes, depending upon whether you like hard or soft cookies. Remove cookies and let cool on a rack.
- For glaze add all indgredient together in small mixing bowl. Spread glaze over each cooled cookie.
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