Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies
Total Time: 45 minutesYield: 27 Cookies
Source: www.sweetspicykitchen.com
Category: Dessert
Ingredients
1 cup Flour1⁄3 cup Powdered Sugar
2 1⁄2 tablespoons Cornstarch
2⁄3 cups Unsalted Butter (softented)
1⁄2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
pinch Salt
27 whole Maraschino Cherries
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put parchment paper in the baking pan and leave aside.
- In a medium sized dish combine flour and corn starch. Leave aside.
- In a large bowl mix butter and sugar using electric hand mixer at medium speed, until it becomes light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and pinch of salt and mix some more.
- Add flour and cornstarch. Mix at a lower speed for a few minutes to get a fine dough.
- Make balls of about 1 inch. Place them in the baking pan. Space cookies about 2 inches apart. Place Maraschino cherry on the top of each ball of dough and press with finger until 2/3 of the cherry is inside the ball.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Transfer onto a cooling rack. Wait for them to cool down and enjoy.