Enjoy these baked cookies filled with almond paste and topped with cherries – perfect dessert for a crowd.
Cherry-Almond Cups
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 48
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 1/2 cup almond paste, chopped
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
Topping
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 24 red candied cherries, halved
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix butter and 1/2 cup sugar until well blended. Stir in almond extract and 1 egg. Stir in flour and salt until well mixed. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour if necessary for easier handling.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. In small microwavable bowl, microwave almond paste on High 15 to 20 seconds or until warm. Stir in 1/4 cup sugar until well mixed. Add 1 egg; mix well. (Mixture may be lumpy.)
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Step3Divide crust dough into 4 pieces; divide each into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into ball. Place 1 ball in each of 48 ungreased miniature muffin cups; press in bottom and up sides of each cup.
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Step4Spoon about 1 teaspoon filling into each cup. Sprinkle or arrange several almond slices and 1 cherry half on top of each cookie.
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Step5Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until centers are puffed and edges are light golden brown. Cool in pans 5 minutes. With tip of knife, lift cookies from cups. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition
90
Calories
5g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;
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