Punch Bowl Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

½ pound butter
½ cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
14 candied cherries, halved, or more as needed

Nutrition Info

116.4 calories
carbohydrate: 12.4 g
cholesterol: 32.1 mg
fat: 7 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 4.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 132.4 mg
sugar: 5.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

  2. Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl until creamy and smooth, scoop by teaspoonful onto the prepared baking sheet. Make an indentation in the center of each portion and insert a cherry half.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown, about 12 minutes.

Recipe Yield

dozen cookies

Recipe Note

A family favorite created by my grandmother, these delicious cookies where changed from 'Christmas cookies' to 'punch bowl' because of the likeness of the cherry to punch in a bowl.

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