Chocolate Chip-Almond-Cherry Cups

Refrigerated cookie dough provides a simple shortcut for dainty and delicious filled cookie cups.

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ingredients 8
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 1 hr 45 min

Ingredients

1: roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

1/2: cup almond paste, crumbled

1/2: cup dried cherries

1/2: cup cherry preserves

Icing

1: cup powdered sugar

1/4: teaspoon almond extract

4: to 5 teaspoons milk

: Powdered sugar, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 48 miniature muffin cups with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. With hands, knead in almond paste and cherries.
2 Divide dough into 48 pieces. Shape each piece into ball; place in muffin cup. With thumb, make indentation in center of each.
3 Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool in pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Run knife around edge of cookie to loosen; cool 1 to 2 minutes longer. Remove from muffin cups; place on cooling rack to cool.
4 Spoon 1/2 teaspoon preserves into each cooled cup.
5 In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, almond extract and enough milk for desired drizzling consistency; blend until smooth. Drizzle over cookies; let stand until set, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Expert Tips

Tint the glaze with a few drops of red food color. When set, drizzle with additional white glaze.

You'll find the almond paste in tubes with the other baking ingredients at the grocery store. Check the date on the package for freshness. Fresh almond paste should be slightly soft.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 80
Calories from Fat: 20),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 2 1/2g; 2 1/2%
(Saturated Fat 1/2g, 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 30mg; 30%;
Total Carbohydrate: 13g; 13%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 10g 10% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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loubysmom

report Posted Sep. 21, 2012 9:43 AM

Sounds delicious!! But my daughter is allergic to almonds. Is there a nut free substitute for the almond paste you can suggest?

cakiepie

report Posted Apr. 10, 2012 5:34 PM

Easy to make and are devine! Made them for Easter dinner and they were a major hit. Of course...everyone wants the recipe.

reecef

report Posted Feb. 16, 2012 9:38 AM

These were WONDERFUL!! They were easy to make. I had trouble finding the almond paste. I found it in a can across from the almond extract. This is a keeper. I made them for V-day and sent some around to my neighbors. They all asked for the recipe!!

oregondecoy

report Posted Feb. 13, 2012 10:27 AM

These were fantabulous at our Super Bowl party!!! Instead of cherry preserves, I used a can of Comstock cherry pie filling with ¼ tsp of almond flavoring stirred in. Everyone raved!!!

Smilenappy

report Posted Aug. 8, 2011 10:26 AM

This was an easy recipe and depending on the dried cherries and the cherry jam you use, it is delicious! I used sour cherries and Stonewall Kitchen Sour Cherry Jam. If you love chocolate chips and cherries, you will certainly enjoy this!!!