White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread
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Recipe type: Cookie, Dessert
Author: Jillian
Ingredients
  • 1 cup maraschino cherries, drained and finely chopped
  • 2 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cane sugar, plus more for sprinkling on top
  • 1 cup(2 sticks) cold unsalted butter
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, chopped
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, melted, for drizzling
  • 1 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • enough Maraschino cherry juice to bring the dough together
Instructions
  1. Drain cherries in colander
  2. Combine flour and sugar in large bowl
  3. Cut butter into flour and sugar mixture, until mixture resembles coarse meal
  4. Stir in drained cherries and the chopped chocolate
  5. Stir in almond extract
  6. Stir in enough cherry juice and knead mixture in between parchment, until it forms a smooth ball
  7. Place dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes
  8. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  9. Scoop dough into heaping Tablesoon sized balls
  10. Place balls 2 inches apart on a Silpat or parchment lined sheet tray
  11. Sprinkle a bit of sugar onto cookie balls
  12. Use the bottom of a jelly jar to flatten balls to 1/2 inch thick
  13. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until centers are set(when you lightly touch the center of cookie and it springs back)
  14. Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet
  15. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely
  16. Melt 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips in microwave, 10 seconds at a time Drizzle white chocolate over cookies
  17. Leave cookies on cooling racks, until chocolate is set
  18. Give them out to loved ones or enjoy them all yourself
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/12/11/white-chocolate-cherry-shortbread/