Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Cherry Cheesecake Cookies



CHERRY CHEESECAKE COOKIES

3.5 c flour
2 ts baking powder
1 ts salt
2 8oz packages cream cheese soft
20 tbsp butter (2.5sticks soft)
1.5 cups sugar
2 lg eggs
2 ts vanilla
1 c graham cracker crumbs smashed
2 20 oz cans cherry pie filling

DON'T OVERMIX!!

mix up dry ingredients with a whisk, set aside.

cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugar.

add vanilla and eggs.

on low setting add dry ingredients.

refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

oven @ 350.

put graham cracker crumbs in a bowl for rolling.

make cookies into 1.5 inch balls

roll in crumbs

make an indentation on each cookie and spoon 3 cherries in each dimple.

bake 12-14 minutes or until done.

3 comments:

thedomesticfringe said...

These look gooooood!

-FringeGirl

Deborah Ann said...

Whoa!!! Printing and baking, not necessarily in that order.

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

Gayle @ Mountain Moma said...

Ummm...looks wonderful!