Coconut Cherry Almond Cookies

Sunday, December 11, 2016
One of the prettiest cookies on the Christmas tray are these tinted coconut cherry almond cookies.

These cherry delights are festive colorful and tasty cookies rolled into nuts and with a buttery delicious cookie.

They can be tinted in red, green, or left plain and with the addition of the cherry and coconut, they are a perfect pairing of flavor.

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little green tinted cookies rolled in coconut with a cherry in the center





almond flavored maraschino cherry cookies


Coconut Cherry Almond Easy Steps to Make These Cookies

  1. preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets
  2. cream the sugar with butter
  3. add all the rest of the ingredients except the nuts and egg whites
  4. refrigerate the dough for 1 hour
  5. roll into balls
  6. dip into egg white, then nuts
  7. bake until edges begin to brown
  8. See printable instructions at the end of this post


a pretty christmas cookie tinted green with coconut and maraschino cherries in the middle a traditional Italian Christmas cookie


Tips:

  1. dough can be left plain with no color or for a festive look add some red or green food coloring
  2. always refrigerate the dough for at least an hour
  3. beat the egg whites until frothy to smoother dipping
  4. any kind of nuts can be used or coconut
  5. add some mini chocolate chips in the batter for a cherry chip cookie 
  6. fold in some white chocolate chips instead of chocolate with pink batter for the Christmas cookie tray
  7. add  holiday funfetti to the batter


cherry cookie dough



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Other Extract Flavor Suggestions

  1. all vanilla
  2. orange extract
  3. lemon extract 
  4. almond extract


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American
Yield: 30
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Coconut Cherry Almond Cookies

Coconut Cherry Almond Cookies

A maraschino cherry buttery cookie is perfect for the Christmas holiday cookie tray.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 4 MinTotal time: 14 Min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 drops green food coloring (optional)
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 eggs yolks save the egg whites
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • Garnish:
  • Finely chopped nuts or coconut to roll dough in
  • chopped maraschino cherries for the center
  • Reserved egg whites beaten

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a large mixing bowl using an electric beater, cream the sugar and butter together for 3 minutes.
  3. Add the corn syrup, almond extract, 2 eggs yolks (save the egg whites) and the flour and mix just until this makes a soft evenly blended dough.
  4. Refrigerate 1 hour.
  5. Roll into balls, dip in beaten egg whites then into the nuts (or coconut). Add a cherry in the center.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees just until the edges begin to brown around 7 t o10 minutes.

Notes

Tips:

  1. dough can be left plain with no color or for a festive look add some red or green food coloring
  2. always refrigerate the dough for at least an hour
  3. beat the egg whites until frothy to smoother dipping
  4. any kind of nuts can be used or coconut
  5. add some mini chocolate chips in the batter for a cherry chip cookie 
  6. fold in some white chocolate chips instead of chocolate with pink batter for the Christmas cookie tray
  7. add holiday funfetti to the batter


Other Extract Flavor Suggestions

  1. all vanilla
  2. orange extract
  3. lemon extract 
  4. almond extract


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3 comments

  1. Love these kind of cookies and Grumpy does too. Great idea to tint green but I would eat them no matter what!

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  2. These are darling and I'm sure they're tasty. Perfect cookie for the holidays. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

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  3. So perfect for Christmas in their red and green splendor! And rolling them in coconut makes them even more appealing!!

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