Cherry Drops Food

CHERRY DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add gelatin and sugar and beat until well mixed. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour and baking powder; mix well.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass, and make an indentation in center of each cookie with your thumb. Place a cherry in indentation and sprinkle with sugar crystals.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa and salt together in a medium bowl. Put the butter, unsweetened and semisweet chocolates in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring until melted, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir the granulated and light brown sugars into the chocolate mixture until blended and then add the milk, vanilla and eggs and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon or spatula until thick and glossy. Add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks and dried cherries.
• Drop the batter in heaping tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheets, about 2-inches apart. Bake until the cookies are set on the edges but still soft in the middle, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through the baking time. Cool on the baking sheets on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then transfer to the wire rack to cool completely.

CHERRY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat the butter, egg yolks and brown sugar until creamy. Add vanilla and beat again. Remove beater and get a spoon to mix the rest of the way. Alternate adding flour, nuts and candied cherries.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350F for 12-13 minutes. These cookies will brown very fast due to the butter content. You should remove them when the bottoms are just starting to turn brown.

HOMEMADE GUMDROPS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the unflavored gelatin over 1/2 cup water to soften; set aside.
• Put the granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cherry-flavored gelatin to the pan, followed by the softened unflavored gelatin. Stir and remove from the heat. Continue stirring until the gelatins are dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Strain into a measuring cup and let cool for 5 minutes; it will be warm but not yet set. Pour the liquid into the molds. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Remove the gumdrops from the molds and place onto wax paper. Coat some in granulated red sugar, some in granulated white sugar and some in coarse white sugar; return to the wax paper. Store in a cool dry place until ready to eat.

FROSTED CHERRY DROPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl, combine all ingredients EXCEPT cherries; stir until well blended.
• Fold in cherries.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• Cool for 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
• Cool completely.
• FROSTING:.
• In small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients EXCEPT cherries, adding enough half-and-half for desired spreading consistency.
• Frost cooled cookies; top each with one-fourth maraschino cherry.

CHERRY PECAN DROPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease cookies sheets.
• In large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla, and eggs; beat well.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pecans, dates, and 1/3 cup chopped cherries; mix well.
• Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled for easier handling, if desired.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into cereal; thoroughly coat.
• Form into balls; place 2-inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
• Press maraschino cherry piece into top of each ball.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until light golden brown.

BUTTERY CHERRY DROP CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add almond extract.
• Mix in flour and baking powder.
• Mix until smooth.
• Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Spoon mixture (will be very thick) into pan and spread evenly.
• Spoon cherry pie filling ONTO cake batter in 1/4 Cup allotments.
• I usually put about 6- 1/4 cup dollops of cherry pie filling around the entire cake.
• No need to stir the pie filling in as it will settle into the batter as baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minute.
• Remember, you can substitute any other kind of pie filling, blueberry, apple, etc.
• Dust with powdered sugar (optional).

CHERRY COCONUT DROPS

Steps:

• Grease and flour a cookie sheet, set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine coconut and cornstarch. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla until mixture is combined. Stir in the chopped candied cherries.
• Drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoons 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for a minute or two and transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool.
• *Prep time is an approximation*.