Cherry Nut Biscuits Recipes

CHERRY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix softened butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and add to creamed mixture. Stir in candied cherries and pecans.
• Shape dough into long rolls about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap in wax paper and chill at least 4 hours. (May be made days ahead before baking and stored in refrigerator or freezer. Let dough thaw slightly before slicing.).
• Unwrap and cut into 1/4 inch slices; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 10 minutes.

CHERRY & MACADAMIA NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flours; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in cherries and nuts., Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls; place 1-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms just begin to brown. Cool on pans 10 minutes., Place remaining confectioners' sugar in a small bowl. Roll slightly cooled cookies in sugar; return cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Roll cookies in sugar again just before serving.

CHERRY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter & sugar, add eggs & vanilla. Beat until smooth. Blend in flour, baking soda & salt. Stir in walnuts and cherries.
• Separate into 2 balls and roll into logs and chill. Cut 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, or until light golden brown. Do not overbake. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Mix flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture in 2 or 3 batches, alternating with maraschino cherry juice, mixing batter well after each addition.
• Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen and invert loaf onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

CHERRY CHOCOLATE NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CHERRY, NUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• Add the egg and the vanilla, beating well.
• Sift the flour into the mixture and combine to form a soft dough.
• Drop round teaspoonfuls of mixture into the nuts.
• Roll in balls.
• Place onto lined oven trays (allowing room for spreading) and press half a cherry on top of each biscuit.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
• Allow to cool slightly before removing biscuits from their trays.

CHERRY NUT NUGGETS

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese and sugar, mix together until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and almond extract.
• Beat well.
• Combine flour, salt and soda.
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• chill dough at least one hour.
• Shape into 1 inch balls.Roll in pecans and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Gently press a cherry half into center of each cookie.
• Bake 350 for 16-18 minutes.
• prep time includes chill time.

CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk just until blended (batter will be thick). , In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in cherries and pecans., Transfer to four greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and loaves are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

FOUZIA'S CHERRY-NUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• Add egg and essence.
• Beat well.
• Add sifted flour and mix to a soft dough.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of mixture into nuts.
• Roll into balls.
• Press half a cherry on top.
• Pour on a lightly greased oven tray.
• Allow room for spreading and bake in a moderate oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
• Cool slightly before removing from tray.
• Serve.

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets Bake 8 to 10 minutes Watch first batch closely, don't over bake. Makes 9 dozen
• 2. Sift flour, salt and soda, set aside.
• 3. In large bowl cream butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cherry juice. Mix well. Add dry ingredient, small amounts at a time, mixing well. Stir in oats, cherries and pecans. Note: If mixture seems to stiff you can add a little more cherry juice.
• 4. Drop by teaspoons on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Watch first batch closely, don't over bake. Makes 9 dozen.

CHERRY WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
• Then add flour and salt; stir until blended.
• Stir in cherries and walnuts.
• Divide dough into thirds; shape each into 10" (25 cm) long log.
• Wrap and chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Cut logs into 1/8th" or 3 mm thick rounds and place about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart, on parchment lined baking sheets.
• Bake in top and bottom thirds of 325 deg F oven, rotating and switching pans halfway through, just until edges begin to colour, 8-10 minutes.
• These cookies brown even faster than shortbreads, so keep a close eye on them! I start checking early, and they're usually done around the 8 minute mark.
• Let cool on pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and let cool completely before storing. Store layered with waxed paper in airtight container for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for up to one month.
• Makes about 12 dozen cookies (less, of course, if you cut them a little thicker).
• These are really delicious cookies, well worth the time it takes to make them!
• Hint: If you want to use red and green cherries do not mix the cherries in same batch, they look better if made separately!
• Note: chill time of 3 hours is not included in prep time.

CHERRY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Boil juice and syrup about 15 minutes.
• Roll dough and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
• Dot with butter and sprinkle cherries over it.
• Roll and cut as cinnamon rolls.
• Pour syrup over top and back.
• Bake 25-30 minutes.