Doesn’t your mouth just water, looking at Christmas cookies?? Writing this recipe for Cherry Blink cookies down makes me want to make more right this very second! I just learned how to make this particular recipe when my Aunt Kathy flew to Texas for my birthday this week! It was an amazing surprise!! And accounts for why I haven’t been online much this week. I had no time to blog about the goings on, because I was busy making memories!
INGREDIENTS:
* 4 cups Wheaties® cereal
* 1 cup sugar
* 2/3 cup shortening
* 2 tablespoons plus- 3 teaspoons milk
* 2 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 egg
* 2 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup raisins (optional- but highly encouraged!)
* 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
* About 36 candied or maraschino cherries (they come in green & red!)
DIRECTIONS:
| 1. |
Heat oven to 375ºF. Crush cereal; set aside. In large bowl, mix sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla and egg. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts.
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| 2. | Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls into crushed cereal; roll gently until completely coated. Place cookies about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press cherry into each cookie. |
| 3. | Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or just until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. |
Baby in background plans how to steal cookies)
your crushed cereal, and then using a fork to cover it)
cooling rack…and then into mouths!!)
About Shannon SchmidShannon traded in her sensible NYC TV producer shoes (they were best for taking the subway), for a pair of Texas Cowboy boots when she married her best friend! He's at fault for making this Yankee a Texan! Shannon writes about all things that make a house a home. Her chief blogging inspiration is being the proud & slightly neurotic mom of a preschool age daughter.
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Shannon, these look so good and so simple. I am baking a whole bunch of different kinds of cookies to package up cutely (is that a word?) for some family and my twins' teachers. But I have a question. . .since your blog is three colums some of the directions are cut off, I think I can make it all out but just FYI.
Jessica Johnson Roberts
http://crazylifeofmrsroberts.blogspot.com/
They look yummy – good job Aunt Kathy! 🙂 I made some great florentines yesterday – recipe going up tomorrow!
Shannon, these look sooo good. Tell Aunt Kathy thanks from me too!
MMMM..Thanks to you and Aunt Kathy for sharing this recipe. I am making a list and checking it twice to get everything I need from grocery story to make these!
cookies are my weakness… especially at Christmas time… i have never tried these, i will have to do that…
my daughter was standing over me while i was reading your post and as we scrolled down to your picture she said "she is pretty"… thought i would share 🙂
How cool, I love making Christmas cookies! Your aunt looks so fun!
YAYYYY I love those cookies! And the pics,, and I"m so stoked you had fun with my mom!!! If I were Molly I would be stealing cookies too!
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awww Shan that is so cool that you and your aunt Kathy had such a great time!! and that she surprised you!! D told me that she was going down and we were saying how much something like that would mean to you!!! the cookies look DELISH and the one with Molly behind is too cute!! I totally think she looks like she's figuring how to steal the cookies too!! 🙂 love you!!! thanks for the recipe!
These look yummy! And festive too! I'm curious…was the baby successful in her attempt to steal the cookies for herself???? 🙂
Yum, Shan! I love the look, and I totally love the name! Blinks!
Is that Miss Molly in the background in her leopard sweetness? ADORABLE outfit and girl!
P.S. Love the pic of Aunt Kathy! Thanks for sharing the recipe…Grace may add these to her repetoire of cooking bakin' this holiday. ;o)
The cookies look delish, I love cookies and especially during the holiday. Thanks for sharing.
Shannon those cookies look devine!
And i loved the blogs i follow to follow me, too. That's one of my blog principals.
But if you don't it's ok.
Have a great time!
Shannon, I can't really see you.
I'm looking for your profile with the lovely baby.
hugs hugs
Ooooh, I LOVE cherry blink cookies! Thanks for the recipe!
Also, there is an award for you on my blog if you'd like it. 🙂
Those are really cute.
Looks super yummy!
XoxoGapGirl
Since I'm addicted to baking and love new recipes – this is going with the rest of mine. They look great! Beautiful bakers!
They really turn out cute! Very festive.
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