Holiday Hideaways Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Cream crisco, sugar,egg,milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed until well blended.
• Combine flour,baking powder,salt and baking soda.
• Beat into creamed mixture at low speed.
• Press dough in very thin layer around well drained cherries.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• Cool on baking sheet 1 minutes then remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• For dipping chocolate.
• Melt chocolate of choice and crisco on very low heat or 50% power in microwave.Stir.
• Transfer chocolate to glass measuring cup and drop one cookie in at a time into chocolate. Use fork to turn.
• Lift cookie out of chocolate on fork let excess drip and place on wax paper lined baking sheet.
• Sprinkle with chopped pecans or coconut while chocolate is still wet (optional).
• Chill in refridgerator to set chocolate.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Mix as per usual for cookies-cream the butter and the sugar.Add the egg yolk,the extract of your choice and the orange rind.Mix together then blend in flour.Put the cherries in a bowl and gently pat dry.
• 2. Once the dough is mixed,take about a walnut size piece of the dough and flatten it out in the palm of your hand.Place a cherry in the center of it and wrap dough around the cherry with your other hand,all while forming a ball (or even a bell!).The dough can be fussy at this point,as cherries try to pop out,but talk nicely to it-they're worth it!
• 3. If you wish,you can dip or roll the cookie in colored sugar or just the tip,all before you bake it.Or you can pre color the dough green or red also for the holidays!
• 4. Place on an UNgreased cookie sheet for about 15-20 min's,but do watch them after 15 so they dont burn. Transfer to a cooling rack when done. Enjoy!