Cherry Christmas Slice and Bake Cookies

A beautiful, festive slice and bake cookie with red and green cherries that is so delicious! Easy to make too! You can freeze the logs, and bake them later. Such a pretty addition to your cookie tray!

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Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 55

Calories: 90

Ingredients

1 cup butter softened
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups flour
1 cup pecans chopped
1 cup red candied cherries cut in half
1 cup green candied cherries cut in half

Instructions

With a mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and confectioner’s sugar until well-mixed.
Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy.
On lowest speed, add in the flour and mix well until it makes a soft dough.
On lowest speed, mix in the pecans for just a few seconds. You don't want the dough to turn a brown color from overmixing in the pecans.
On lowest speed, briefly, for just 2 or 3 seconds, mix in the red and green cherries. Do not over mix. You don’t want the cherry colors to bleed into the dough.
Shape the dough into 10-inch long logs and wrap them in waxed paper.
Chill the logs for 1 hour. (You can keep refrigerated for a few days if you want.)
Preheat the oven to 325°.
Use a very thin knife to cut the logs into ⅛- inch slices.
Place the slices on an ungreased or parchment-lined cookie sheet pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the bottoms are a golden brown.
Remove the cookies from the pan and cool them on a wire rack.
Store the cookies covered at room temperature.

EXTRA TIP:

OPTIONAL DECORATIONS: You can roll the logs in sprinkles and then slice and bake. Alternatively, you can slice the cookies first and then roll each cookie in sprinkles and then bake.

YIELDS: About 50-55 slices, depending on the thickness of your slices.

FREEZE: You can freeze the dough logs in freezer bags for up to 2 months.

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