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Me: “Aren’t these cookies pretty?”
Morgan: “They’re pretty…………”
Me: “They’re PRETTY!!! EAT ONE!!!”
Morgan, in the voice of doom: “There are cherries in them.”
Me: “You eat cherries! On ice cream! And even out of the jar.”
Morgan: “These cherries are in cookies.”
Me: They’re cherries! They’re pretty cookies!!”
Morgan: “I said they’re pretty…….”
So, like, if you don’t have a 13-year-old in your house? These cookies are not only pretty, they’re wonderful! I love them! But, well, if you have children….. Or is that just me? How many of you would have to make these Soft Ginger-Raisin cookies without the raisins because of your children?
Ross came in. I said, “There are cookies in the cookie jar. There are cherries in them. Will you eat–”
But by then my strapping high school senior had four cookies in his mouth so it was a moot question. I need more teenage boys……
Wait. Never mind. Two is just perfect.
And so are these cookies. If the children don’t like them, that means more for us.
Printer-FriendlyHow to make Cherry Chocolate Kisses:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons maraschino cherry liquid
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
1/4 cup sugar
milk chocolate kisses (approx. 32)*
*How many cookies this makes depends on the size of cookie dough balls you make. I made 32.
In a large mixing bowl, whip up the butter.
Add the powdered sugar and salt.
And beat it up some more.
Add the cherry liquid and almond extract.
And beat it up again. Oooh, it’s turning a little pink. Love that. It’s so pretty.
Start adding the flour, mixing with a spoon. Add a little at a time, as much of the two cups as you can. This makes a sturdy dough.
Add chopped maraschino cherries. This makes the dough even pinker. Shape dough into little balls, about 1-inch.
Roll in granulated sugar.
Place cookie balls on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with the bottom of a glass.
Bake at 325-degrees for 15-20 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are a light golden brown. (Be careful and check after 15 minutes!)
This is a good time to unwrap your chocolate kisses. This is a really great recipe to make with kids even if they don’t want to eat the (horrifying! cherry!) cookies. All the shaping into balls and rolling in sugar and unwrapping chocolate. Kids love that stuff.
Be sure to eat some of the chocolate while you’re unwrapping.
As soon as you take the pan out of the oven, press a chocolate kiss in the middle of each one. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Eat the horrifying! cherry! cookies all by yourself now if you have to. They’re fabulous! And so pretty!
(These are spectacular for Valentine’s Day, too.)
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I did vote for you and got the email with the link and went to it and it said my vote counted Yay! I can’t wait to find out the winners!
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I’ll have to mix me up some of these!
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Tomorrow! Thanks for sharing. They look wonderful!
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About the cat on the table…
I was taught growing up (in a cat-free house) that the dining room table always had a proper tablecloth (usually one that required ironing) and some type of seasoonal centerpiece.
Fast forward to modern times, my house. Three cats, always which at least one is on the table. As the centerpiece.
However, no cats are allowed on the table during meals and the cats have agreed to this compromise.
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Just as soon as the Girl Scout cookies are out of here (I am not only troop leader but also cookie mom this year
) I am making these cookies!
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Lisa T.
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These cookies look really yummy. We are in the midst of an ice storm, and these cookies would be great to make with my grandson.
I voted for your site yesterday. Here’s hoping you win.
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Trace
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As for the cat – it looks natural there! Until Emma came to live with me a little over a year ago I had never allowed cats on my table. Counters? Yes – that seemed natural. But not MY table! Well, I’ve slipped. The table is hers – it’s against a window and she needs to sit there to look outside. And if anything is on the table in her way, she just uses her soccer paw and knocks it off.
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Thanks for posting this in time for me to get everything together in time to make them for Valentine’s Day!
My kitty loves to sit on the dining room table also. My grandmother would flip out if she ever knew.
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But, they sure do look good and I know they taste good! I know…substitute something like vanilla for the almond extract.
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Oh and Annabel is adorable!
*hugs*
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With my first cat I used a spray bottle of water to try and keep her off my table – she won. I currently have 6 but only 4 like the table roflmao. One of my cats looks a lot like the one in your picture only with a larger mane.
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LOL on the cat on the table. I caught ours on the cutting board the other day, licking out of the cast-iron pan that had been left on the stove to cool. Gross.
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And…I still love them. Heck with cooking them, I just can’t wait, I’ll share those cookies with you!
Those kids don’t know what they are missing!!!
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Congrats on being a finalist in the bloggies! :-)
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Great cookies too!
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Those really are very pretty cookies. I’d like a few please! :-)
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I fell in love with them instantly and they are going to be my next cookie experiment.