Christmas Cherry Winks Recipes

CHERRY WINKS

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.

CHERRY WINKS

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.

CHRISTMAS CHERRY WINKS

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.

CHERRY WINKS

Steps:

• sift the first 4 ingrediants (or simply use 2 1/4 cups self rising flour).
• Cream butter and sugar.
• add eggs, milk and vanilla.
• add flour.
• add nuts dates and chopped cherries.
• mix well (batter will be stiff).
• spoon cookies onto buttered cookie sheet by rounded teaspoons
• top with quartered cherries.
• bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes or light golden brown. makes about 4 dozen cookies.