The make-ahead mix used in this recipe can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks. To make Cherry Winks, put together the components below.
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 2 cups Make Ahead Cookie Mix
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup raisins
- ¼ cup maraschino cherries, chopped
- 24 maraschino cherries, halved
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Combine 2 cups of Make Ahead Cookie Mix with white sugar, egg, butter, and vanilla. Add nuts if desired. Stir in raisins and chopped maraschino cherries.
- Shape dough into balls. Press half of a Maraschino cherry into each cookie and bake 11-16 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 128 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 20 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This were lovely! I skipped the nuts because my husband isn’t a huge fan and I put nuts in the other “Make Ahead” recipes, so I figured I’d give him a break on this one. These would be really nice on a holiday cookie tray, very pretty. So easy when you have a batch of the “Make Ahead Mix” already prepared!
The recipe is not clear that you need to make an indent with your thumb or finger on each ball of dough, THEN place the cherry on TOP of the cookie and bake. It sounded to me like I needed to put the cherries inside the dough–hubby looked at them and said “That’s not the way my mom always made them!” Ooops! I had to find a picture online to see what he was talking about. :p This recipe BARELY makes 24, if you make small-ish balls of dough. So don’t cut 24 cherries in half, only cut 12. In my oven, they came out still white, but nice and cooked at 11 minutes, so watch to make sure you don’t overbake.
These were really Delicious and looked beautiful on my Gift cookie trays. Added areally festive look to them. Thanks!
the kids loved these
These cookies were so easy to make and they looked as though I brought them at the store. My friends loved them as gifts.