Holiday Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 2/3 cup Butter, unsalted

• Desserts

  • 27 Maraschino cherry

Found on sweetspicykitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ⅓ cup powdered sugar
• 2.5 tbsp cornstarch
• ⅔ cup unsalted butter - softened
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 27 Maraschino Cherry

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put parchment paper in the baking pan and leave aside.
• In a medium sized dish combine flour and corn starch. Leave aside.
• In a large bowl mix butter and sugar using electric hand mixer at medium speed, until it becomes light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla extract and pinch of salt and mix some more.
• Add flour and corn starch. Mix at a lower speed for a few minutes to get a fine dough.
• Make balls of about 1 inch. Place them in the baking pan. Space cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Finally, place Maraschino cherry on the top of each ball of dough and press with finger until ⅔ of the cherry is inside the ball. Bake for 10/12 minutes.
• Wait for them to cool down and enjoy.