Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Cherry Cookies

Category: Cookies

Ingredients and Directions

2 1/4 cup flour, all-purpose

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup butter, or margarine,softened

1 cup sugar

2 each eggs

2 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup nuts, chopped

1 cup pitted dates, fine cut

1/3 cup maraschino cherries, chopped

2 2/3 cup corn flakes, crushed

15 each maraschino cherries, quartered

Stir together flour, salt and baking powder;set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs;beat well. Stir in milk and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture;thoroughly combine. Stir in nuts, dates and 1/3 cup chopped cherries. Portion dough using a level measuring tablespoon. Shape into balls. Roll in crushed corn flakes. Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Top each cookie with a cherry quarter. Bake in a 375 degree oven about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets and cool on wire racks. A www.recipeland.com visitor said: I am now 63 years of age. I first had this cookies when I was 12 years old. A friend of mine invited me to her house and her mother was baking them and gave us one. Not until I was 23 years old did I find the recipe. They were called cherry winks at that time. Now they are called cherry cookies. I can't waite until I bake them and gift wrap them for Xmas to hand them out to my family and friends. Thank you so much for the receipe. My family and I will enjoy them for this Xmas and other days for the coming years. They are so wonderful.