Christmas Cherry Winks Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Cream the shortening with the sugar. Blend in the eggs, milk and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the chopped pecans, chopped dates and 1/3 cup maraschino cherries.
• Shape teaspoonful sized chunks of dough into balls. Roll each ball in the crushed corn flakes. Place balls on the prepared baking sheets and top each cookie with 1/4 maraschino cherry.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely before storing in airtight containers.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 deg F.
• Combine shortening and sugar, cream.
• Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract.
• Sift together dry ingredients, and slowly blend in.
• Mix well.
• Add nuts, cherries or raisins and mix well.
• Shape into balls using a level teaspoon of dough for each cookie.
• Roll ball in crushed cornflakes.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Top with ½ cherry and press the cherry down a bit.
• Bake at 375 deg F for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

Steps:

• Cream first 2 ingredients then beat in egg.
• Mix vanilla, lemon peel and milk into the creamed mixture.
• Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt and add to wet mix.
• Stir in the raisins and walnuts.
• Roll into balls then in crushed corn flakes.
• Put half a cherry on top of each cookie, pushing down a bit.
• Bake 10-15 minutes in 350 oven.

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
• Cream together oleo, sugar, and eggs. Blend in dry ingredients; mix well.
• Add dates, pecans, and cherries.
• Shape into balls and roll in crushed cereal.
• Place on a greased baking sheet.
• Top with a cherry half.
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the pecans, dates and chopped cherries. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in cornflakes. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; press a cherry half into center of each. , Bake at 350° for 14-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.