Christmas Cherry Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup (2 stick butter) softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 lemon zested and juiced
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • candied green and red cherries

Preparation

Step 1

Put butter in mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment. Toss in the sugar, egg yolks, lemon juice and zest, orange zest and vanilla, cream the mixture together until its nice and smooth. Add sifted flour to the bowl. Place the dough into a plastic bag and refrigerate it for a least 1 hour or until firm.

Step 2

Cut cherries in half. Roll the dough into small balls and put on cookie sheet and push a cherry cut side down in to each ball. Bake for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them and remove them from oven before they start to brown. Just barely golden brown around the edges.

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