Glazed Cherry Bon Bon Cookies Recipes

CHERRY BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. , Divide dough into 24 portions; shape each portion around a cherry, forming a ball. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool., For glaze, combine sugar, butter and cherry juice until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CHERRY BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• Drain the cherries and place on paper towels to dry.
• Beat butter until creamy.
• Gradually add 3/4 cup powdered sugar, beating well.
• Stir in flour, salt, milk and vanilla.
• Shape into 24 balls. Press each ball around a cherry, covering completely.
• Place on ungreased cooke sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Roll each cookie in powdered sugar to coat.

CHERRY BON BON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter & sugar
• 2. Add milk & vanilla, stir.
• 3. Add the combined flour & salt to form soft dough.
• 4. Divide into 24 equal portions.
• 5. Shape dough around cherries to form a ball(optional:place 2 chocolate chips into each cherry)
• 6. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350' for about 15 minutes.
• 7. Combine glaze ingredients & drizzle over cooled cookies.

GLAZED BONBON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until blended. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. (Dough will be crumbly.), Press a tablespoon of dough around five chocolate chips, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and chocolate chips. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, place frosting in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high 10-15 seconds or until melted; stir until blended. (Frosting may separate slightly when warmed but will become smooth after stirring.) Dip tops of cookies in glaze or spoon glaze over cookies; top with sprinkles. Let stand until set. Freeze option: Freeze unglazed cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw cookies in covered containers and decorate as directed.

BON BON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, mix together shortening and cream cheese until well blended. Slowly add powdered sugar to the mixture. Next, stir in the flour until you form a dough. If the mixture seems too dry, add a couple of teaspoons of water. Cover and chill dough several hours or overnight.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• 3. Before rolling out the dough, dust the rolling surface heavily with confectioner's sugar. Roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 1X4 inch strips. Place a cherry on the end of each strip. Roll up each strip starting with the cherry. Roll, turn, then roll to cover. Pinch together to cover cherry with dough. Place on prepared cookie sheets.
• 4. Bake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven. Cookies should be slightly browned. Allow cookies to cool.
• 5. Icing: Add a little milk to a small bowl of confectioner's sugar until desired consistency (thick enough to coat cookie thoroughly by dipping, yet not too thick so that you need to spread it with a knife). Dip tops of cookies in icing. If desired, decorate with colorful sprinkles before they dry.

BON BON COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla and food coloring. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk).
• For each cookie, shape dough by tablespoonful around date, nut, chocolate chips or cherry to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until set but not brown, 12 to 15 minutes; cool.
• Dip tops of cookies into glaze. Decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, chocolate chips or chocolate shot, if desired.
• Glaze: beat 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and of desired consistency. Tint parts of glaze with different food colors if desired.
• Chocolate glaze: beat 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and of desired consistency.
• Chocolate bonbon cookies: omit food color. Stir 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) into margarine mixture.

VEGAN CHERRY BON-BON COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Drain maraschino cherries in a collander, reserving the liquid in a small cup, bowl or jar. Dry off cherries with a paper towel, tossing around to remove all excess juice that may gather at the bottom of the collander. Set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, cream Earth Balance and vegan powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add soymilk and vanilla extract. In a seperate bowl combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• 4. Gather any loose moist crumbs with your hands and press together to form a ball of dough. Divide dough into 24 portions; shape each portion around a cherry. Try to handle lightly and as quick as possible to prevent your hands from getting greasy. Dough should fit around each cherry with no air bubbles inside. Pinch and smooth the dough together and roll around in palms. For a more perfect domed "bon-bon" shape, press cookie into a circle tablespoon, and remove gently to retain shape. Place onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• 5. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• 6. For glaze, combine the powdered sugar, melted Earth Balance and cherry juice until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Dust with additional powdered sugar if desired.

DANISH CHERRY BON BON COOKIES (WITH FROSTING RECIPE)

Steps:

• Mix butter and sugar together to a creamy consistency, then add vanilla.
• Add flour and salt gradually, mix with a fork.
• Make a small ball with dough and fold a Maraschino cherry in the middle, completely covering cherry in dough.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool cookies.
• Make frosting, thoroughly mix together frosting ingredients.
• Dip top of cookies into frosting and allow to dry.

FROSTED BONBONS (COOKIE EXCHANGE QUANTITY)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat all bonbon ingredients except almond paste with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until dough forms.
• Cut almond paste into 1/4-inch slices; cut each slice into fourths. Shape 1-inch ball of dough around each piece of almond paste. Gently roll to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and bottom is golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• For vanilla frosting, in small bowl, stir all Vanilla Bonbon Frosting ingredients until smooth.
• For chocolate frosting, in small bowl, stir all Chocolate Bonbon Frosting ingredients until smooth. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until soft enough to spread.
• Dip tops of cookies into frostings and sprinkle with decors as desired.