How to Cook Tasty Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies. Soft and buttery shortbread cookies flavored with cherry and almond, then finished off with sweet white chocolate. The cookies get their girly color from maraschino cherry juice and their flavor from butter, almond extract, and cherries. Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies - Grab a hot beverage and curl up on the couch with these beautiful, buttery, and flavorful holiday cookies that are so easy to make! When it comes to cookies, all things shortbread are my biggest weakness. Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies Recipe + Larger Image.

With their red and white candy cane coloring, these cherry almond flavored cookies are perfect for the holiday season. They are a colorful addition to any cookie tray for your holiday gatherings. Cherry and almond mixed together - which is one of my favorite flavor combinations. You can cook Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

1. You need 6 ounces of unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks) at room temperature.
2. It's 2/3 cup of granulated sugar.
3. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
4. You need 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract.
5. It's 1 tablespoon of marachino cherry juice.
6. You need 2 cups of all purpose flour.
7. You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
8. Prepare 15 of marachino cherries, chopped.
9. Prepare of For Topping.
10. It's 1 cup of salted almonds, chopped.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
12. It's 1 of large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water (egg ewash).
13. You need of For Drizzle.
14. You need 4 ounces of white chocolaye, melted.
15. Prepare 3 of punces milk chovolate, melted.

I added more cherry liquid and almond extract to bump up the flavor because that's how we do it around here. It's a shortbread cookie which means the dough is super dry. These Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies are so quick and easy to make up and they make great Christmas cookies! Or really, any time of year!

Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment ppaper.
2. In a bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add extracts and cherry juice and beat in.
4. Add flour and salt, when just blended add chopped cherries.
5. Combine tne chopped almonds wíth the granulated sugar on a plate.
6. Roll cookies into I inch balls.
7. Dip in egg wash.
8. Roll in almond sugar and place on prepared pan flatten tops with the alm of your hand. Bake 12 to 18 minutes. Cool on rcks.
9. When cool drizzle with white cgocolate.
10. Then milk chocolate, allow to set.
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It has been an AGE since I posted a recipe! I love to cook and bake though - I need to start sharing more. And this is the perfect time of year to start! I have become obsessed with all things cherry. Cherry cobbler and chocolate cherry cupcakes are my usual go-to recipes.