Stuffed Cherry Pie Cookies – Averie Cooks

Cookies – To the bowl of a stand mixer (or massive mixing bowl and handheld electrical mixer), add the butter, sugars, and beat on excessive velocity till mild and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Cease and scrape down the edges of the bowl.

Add the eggs, vanilla, and beat to include and till mild and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Cease and scrape down the edges of the bowl.

With the blending working on low, slowly add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and beat to only incorporate – do not overmix. Dough Suggestions – Dough needs to be easy sufficient to work with and type into balls and never overly sticky. If for some motive it is sticky, add 1-3 tablespoons flour, 1 tbsp at a time. I do not foresee this to be needed however for those who want this selection, now you already know what to do.

Divide the dough into 12 equal sized mounds, roll into balls between your palms, and flatted every about midway into discs.

Place the discs on a clear countertop or work floor, and add a dollop (about 1 heaping tablespoon) of cherry preserves or jam to the middle of every, and fold the perimeters into the middle to utterly enclose the preserves or jam. Tip – It is essential to seal nicely as a result of you do not need the jam to leak out whereas baking as a result of not solely will it make a large number, it will be vulnerable to burning.

Chilling – Place the 12 stuffed dough balls into the fridge and chill for half-hour. Don’t skip this step or attempt to recreation the system and do it within the freezer as a result of they’ll truly get overly chilly.

Whereas the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 350F, and line 1 or 2 baking sheets with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper; put aside.

After the dough has chilled, place the mounds of dough on the baking sheet(s), evenly spaced. Spacing Suggestions – These are fairly massive cookies and I would not be shocked for those who can solely match 6-8 per baking sheet, even for those who’re utilizing half sheet pans. It is higher to make use of 2 sheets than crowd onto 1.

Baking – Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes, or till the perimeters are set and the tops are largely set even when a little bit shiny. Baking Suggestions – I have a tendency to tug cookies once they’re a bit underdone trying on high as a result of they do agency up as they cool. Nevertheless, everybody’s preferences are completely different so bake so long as you want and for so long as is critical in your oven since all ovens, climates, baking sheets, and so forth. fluctuate. I all the time rotate my baking sheets as soon as halfway by way of baking. And I favor to bake 1 sheet of cookies at a time as a result of the sheet on the underside by no means seems as good because the sheet on high, nevertheless it’s as much as you.

Cooling – Enable cookies to chill on the baking sheet for about quarter-hour. Be certain that they’re sufficiently cooled for those who’re glazing them or it will simply soften and switch into a large number.

Glaze (elective however beneficial) – To a medium bowl, add all of the elements (besides sprinkles), whisk to mix, and if needed add a bit extra sugar/milk to thicken or skinny out the glaze, as desired.

Utilizing a small spoon, drizzle the glaze over the cooled cookies.

If desired, add sprinkles to the highest of every cookie earlier than the glaze units. Wait about quarter-hour, or till the glaze has set totally earlier than having fun with (or sooner for those who do not care a couple of little bit of messiness).