Pair tart red cherries and sugar cookie dough for homemade cookie goodness.
Bake-Off® Contest 46, 2013
Sue Odren
Sand Lake, Michigan
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1
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roll Pillsbury™ refrigerated sugar cookie dough
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3/4
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cup chopped macadamia nuts
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3/4
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cup coarsely chopped dried tart cherries
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1
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bag (7 oz) sweetened flaked coconut (about 2 1/2 cups)
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2
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teaspoons vanilla
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1
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cup red tart cherry preserves
Steps
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1
Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Let cookie dough stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften.
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2
In medium bowl, break up cookie dough. Add nuts, cherries, coconut and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Shape rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
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3
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 3 minutes. With back of teaspoon, make indentation in center of each cookie. Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves in each indentation. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store in covered container.
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1
Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Let cookie dough stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften.
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2
In medium bowl, break up cookie dough. Add nuts, cherries, coconut and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Shape rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
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3
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 3 minutes. With back of teaspoon, make indentation in center of each cookie. Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves in each indentation. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store in covered container.
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 140
- Calories from Fat
- 50
% Daily Value
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
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- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
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- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 1g
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 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 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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