Cherry Delight Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Mix baking soda, salt and flour together. Set aside.
• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Beat in egg, vanilla and food coloring if using.
• Stir in maraschino cherries (including juice), coconut, nuts, and dates.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Drop onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
• Enjoy.
• Note: Depending on how much juice is in the cherries you may need to add additional flour otherwise the cookies will flatten way out when baked.

Steps:

• Crumble cookies into a 9x9 inch pan and set aside. In a medium bowl, whip cream and set aside.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whip together cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth and fluffy. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture and spoon over crumbled cookies. Spread pie filling over top and refrigerate overnight.

Steps:

• Mix margarine and sugar until fluffy.
• Stir in Karo syrup and egg yolks; mix well.
• Mix in flour.
• Chill.
• Roll into 1 inch balls.
• Dip into slightly beaten egg whites and roll in chopped nuts.
• Place on greased cookie sheets.
• Press candied cherry halves into centers.
• Bake in 325 degree F oven for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in egg. Add cookie mix; mix well (dough will be sticky). Shape dough into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle., Place almonds and sugar in a food processor; pulse until almonds are finely chopped. Add eggs; process until mixture forms a paste. Add butter and vanilla; process until blended., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-1/4-in. balls; press onto bottom and up the sides of greased mini muffin cups., Place 1 Tbsp. filling in each cup. Top each with a cherry. Bake 16-18 minutes or until edges are golden and filling is set. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Dust tops with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Melt butter, pour into a 9 x 13 dish – add graham cracker crumbs.
• Press in bottom of 9 x 13 forming a crust.
• Bake 350 degrees for 8 – 10 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Pour on top of cooled cracker crust – smooth out.
• Pour cans of cherries on top of the cream cheese mixture – then top the cherries with cool whip.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, confectioners' sugar and butter. Press onto the bottom of an 8x4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. , In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth; fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust. Spoon pie filling over top. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled.

Steps:

• Prepare a 9 x 9" baking pan.
• In a bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and 1 tbsp sugar; spread on bottom of prepared baking pan to form a crust.
• Mix the Dream Whip topping according to directions on the package, then beat in the softened cream cheese into the Dream Whip a little at a time.
• Add the remaining sugar and vanilla until well blended.
• Smooth on top of the crust.
• Top with the cherry pie filling.
• Chill at least 3 hours (overnight is even better) if storing in the fridge overnight, cover with plastic wrap.