Sunday, December 21, 2014

White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies

    Three more days left in the cookie countdown to Christmas! Here are some decadent white chocolate cherry shortbread cookies for my 9th day of Christmas.


White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
- 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of cold butter
- 1 cup of chopped white chocolate or white chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
- 2 drops of red food coloring
- sprinkles
- White chocolate chips or vanilla almond bark for dipping
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in the cold butter with a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or use a pastry blender until the mixture resembles small crumbs. Stir in chopped cherries and white chocolate. Stir in almond extract and red food coloring.
    Shape dough into 3/4 inch balls, place them 2 inches apart, and flatten into 1 1/2 inch rounds. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, until centers are set. Melt white candy melts and dip half of each cookie. Decorate with sprinkles and enjoy.




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