Recipe: 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. I have become obsessed with all things cherry. You can have Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

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

Cherry cobbler and chocolate cherry cupcakes are my usual go-to recipes. But now, I'm all about these cherry almond cookies. They're a unique kind of cookie and it's difficult to describe them. They are far from a soft, chewy chocolate chip cookie.

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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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! 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!