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12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Cherry Bell

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Get your ovens preheated and sweet tooths ready for "12 Days of Christmas Cookies."

That's right, we're featuring a different Christmas cookie recipe on Morton Grove Patch for 12 straight days, ending just before Christmas Eve. 

Today's recipe is for Cherry Bell Cookies. Here's how to make them:

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon instant coffee granules

2/3 cup butter

3/4 cup and 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons dark corn syrup

5/8 egg, beaten

2 teaspoons cream

3 tablespoons and 1-3/4 teaspoons packed brown sugar

2 teaspoons butter

2 tablespoons cherry juice

1-1/3 cups and 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts

40 maraschino cherries, halved

Directions

 1. Sift together: 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ginger and 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee. Put aside.

2. Cream 1 cup butter or margarine. Add 1 1/4 cups brown sugar. Cream well. Blend in dark corn syrup, egg, and cream. Add dry ingredients and mix well.

3. Roll out dough, 1/3 at a time on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut cookies into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. To Make Filling: Combine 1/3 firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons cherry juice. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts, chopped fine.

5. Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Shape into a bell by folding sides of dough to meet over the filling using spatula to fold over sides. Make top of bell narrower than at the clapper end. Place 1/2 of a maraschino cherry (cut side down) at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes.

 

Recipe courtesy: All Recipes

Check out our other cookie recipes: 

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Gingerbread Cookies

Lemon-Lime Crackle

 

Don't forget to gather all of your favorite holiday cookie recipes and share them with us! 

Just include:

-Recipe of the cookie(s)

-Name of the cookie(s)

-A photo of your finished baking masterpiece

-Your name

 

And just like that your recipe could be featured right here on Patch!

Send information to your local guest editor Collin Czarnecki at collinm.czarnecki@gmail.com

Happy holidays and happy baking!

 



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