Easiest Way to Make Perfect Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies.

You can have Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

1. 🢂 6 ounces of unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks) at room temperature.
2. 🢂 2/3 cup of granulated sugar.
3. 🢂 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
4. 🢂 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract.
5. 🢂 1 tablespoon of marachino cherry juice.
6. 🢂 2 cups of all purpose flour.
7. 🢂 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
8. 🢂 15 of marachino cherries, chopped.
9. 🢂 of For Topping.
10. 🢂 1 cup of salted almonds, chopped.
11. 🢂 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
12. 🢂 1 of large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water (egg ewash).
13. 🢂 of For Drizzle.
14. 🢂 4 ounces of white chocolaye, melted.
15. 🢂 3 of punces milk chovolate, melted.

step by step Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment ppaper.
2. In a bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add extracts and cherry juice and beat in.
4. Add flour and salt, when just blended add chopped cherries.
5. Combine tne chopped almonds wíth the granulated sugar on a plate.
6. Roll cookies into I inch balls.
7. Dip in egg wash.
8. Roll in almond sugar and place on prepared pan flatten tops with the alm of your hand. Bake 12 to 18 minutes. Cool on rcks.
9. When cool drizzle with white cgocolate.
10. Then milk chocolate, allow to set.
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