Cherry Shells
- Level: Easy
- Total: 37 min
- Prep: 25 min
- Cook: 12 min
- Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients
1 (1 pound, 1.5 ounce) package dry sugar cookie mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
4 ounces cream cheese, softened and cut into pieces
2 eggs
2 teaspoons cherry extract
12 red or green candied cherries, halved
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine, the sugar cookie dough, cream cheese, eggs, and extract.
- Fit a cookie press or resealable plastic bag with a star template or 3/4-inch star tip. Pipe dough in 2 1/2-inch lines, 2 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Press a cherry half at the base of each shell. Bake for 12 minutes, until brown on bottom and raw look is gone from tops.
