Old Fashioned Christmas Cherry Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: North American

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 15

Chill Time: 2

Total Time: 35

Servings: cookies

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Old Fashioned Christmas Cherry Cookies are sugary, buttery, shortbread cookies, topped with royal icing and a festive candied cherry center. Not only do they look vintage, they also look really delicious, don't they!?

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Ingredients

For the Cookie:

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 cups all purpose flour

For the Icing:

2 cups confectioner's sugar
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup glace cherries, halved

Instructions

For the Cookie:

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and the sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add the vanilla and incorporate into the butter and sugar mixture.
Add the flour and cornstarch. On low speed, mix into the butter and sugar until well incorporated.
Divide the dough into two portions, wrap each portion completely in plastic wrap and store in the fridge for 2 hours.
When ready to bake, remove dough from fridge and let sit at room temperature for a few minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a silicone liner. Set aside.
Roll one portion of the dough to 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet, leaving 2 inches of space between each cookie.
Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

For the Icing:

Once the cookie is completely cooled, whisk together the icing ingredients and set aside.
Line the cookies up on the cooling rack so that they are evenly spaced. Place a layer of paper towels under the cooling rack for easy clean up. (This will catch the icing if any drips over the side.)
Transfer the prepared icing to a Ziploc bag. Cut a small hole in one lower corner with scissors. Drizzle the cookies with the icing.
Top the cookies with the halved glace cherries.
Allow the iced cookies to sit undisturbed for one hour. This will allow the icing to harden.
Cookies can be stacked. Store in a food-safe container. Can be frozen up to 3 months.

Notes

Paradise Fruit Company is my go-to source for these lovely red and green cherries. For this recipe, I used the King's Ring Cake Mix. You can buy them online. Here's the link:

https://www.paradisefruitco.com/store/paradise-kings-ring-cake-mix/

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