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Cherry Balls Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
5 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/3 cup half & half
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup pecans, toasted & chopped
1 10 oz jar maraschino cherries, well-drained and chopped

Vanilla Glaze
2 tablespoons butter
3-4 tablespoons milk
Powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl; whisk together and set aside. Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla together for 3 minutes. Add melted & cooled butter, milk, and drained cherries to butter mixture. Mix in flour and pecans, mixing until dough clumps around paddle. Remove dough from bowl, shaped into a large disk, and chill for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove chilled dough from refrigerator, and using a small cookie scoop, portion dough onto parchment-lined or well-greased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Allow to cool before glazing.

Heat butter and 2 tablespoons of milk in microwave until butter melts. Stir butter & milk mixture into 2 cups of powdered sugar, adding more milk and/or powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached. Glaze entire cookie and then place on rack until glaze sets.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
7 dozen

 

 

 

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