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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 lemon, zested
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 cup assorted frozen cherries, thawed, drained well, pitted and chopped
- 1/4 cup mixed berry preserves
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In large bowl with an electric mixer, mix butter until fluffy. Add half the flour, then add in order: brown sugar, lemon zest, juice and egg. To remaining flour add baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Combine both mixtures until just incorporated. Fold in cherries and pour into an ungreased 8 by 8-inch baking pan. Using a spoon, equally dollop preserves on top of batter and using a toothpick or skewer, drag the tip through the preserves to create a swirl pattern on top.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; cake will be moist to the touch. Once cooled, cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar to serve.
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By jburkie1_3564866
Chicago, IL
on December 22, 2008
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These were profiled in the 12 days of cookies - so I made them for a holiday cookie tray. Consistency is more like a cake and it's not dense enough to add as 'finger food' for a cookie tray.
I drained the cherries really well, but all of the cherries and preserves sunk to the bottom.
End result: tasty - but not as expected.
By kdahl93_9516407
Marlton, NJ
on December 21, 2008
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I thought this looked really good on the show and they looked good after baking and that was as good as it got. 1/2 tsp ground cloves is way too much that is all I could taste and all I could taste afterwards for quite a while. My 18 year old son that likes everything also said these were awful.
I say don't waste your time and money.
By cmonograms2_114...
wayne, PA
on December 09, 2008
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I changed the recipe a little, I baked them in mini muffin tins (in paper wrappers for 10 minutes. I also iced them with a cream cheese icing. They were wonderful, everybody loved them!
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