2 tsp soft butter or margarine 1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp light brown sugar 1 tsp orange rind
1 tbsp maraschino cherry liquid 2 tsp apricot nectar
½ cup finely minced nuts ¼ tsp baking powder
1/3 cup soft butter or margarine 1/8 tsp baking soda
Quartered maraschino cherries about 6 1 cup all purpose flour
Cream 2 tsps butter and brown sugar, stir n cherry liquid and nuts set aside cream 1/3 cup butter and sugar, stir in orange rind and nectar. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda. Stir into butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Make into 2 balls of dough. Roll out, one at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth to 1/8” thickness, Cut into 3” bells and place on ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon ½ tsp of nut cherry liquid mixture into center place a cherry quarter at wide end for clapper bake at 375 12 to 14 min until golden about 2 dozen cookies
They really don't make 2 dozen. I always use parchment paper. They are one of those cookies that can brake when you try to take them off. Also I always roll out my cookies in powdered sugar instead of flour. They will not get tough if you use sugar.
As you can see from my photo I just cut them in a shape. I could not find my bell cookie cutter. I have tried to double this recipe and it just didn't seem the same. I have always used margarine because that is how my mom made them. These are one of my most favorite cookies. I have never seen this recipe anywhere else. My mom said she got it off of the Domino's sugar box but Domino's does not have it on there website the last time I looked. I hope you enjoy these.
They look so cute. Where do you find apricot nectar?
ReplyDeleteApricot Nectar is in the Mexican section of the grocery store. Its in a can like pop or a carton. It is not refrigerated.
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