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Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking

Episode: Cookie Show

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Total:: 37 min
Prep:: 25 min
Cook:: 12 min

Yield:: 24 cookies

Level:: Easy

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.

My Private Notes

Name: Cherry Shells
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H25M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H12M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H37M0.000S
Yield: 24 cookies
Cuisine: american
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