Cherry Bell Cookies Recipe

Ingredients <br>- 3 cups all-purpose flour <br>- ½ teaspoon baking soda <br>- ½ teaspoon salt <br>- 1 teaspoon ground ginger <br>- ½ teaspoon instant coffee granules <br>- 1 cup butter <br>- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar <br>- ¼ cup dark corn syrup <br>- 1 egg, beaten <br>- 1 tablespoon cream <br>- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar <br>- 1 tablespoon butter <br>- 3 tablespoons cherry juice <br>- 1 ½ cups chopped walnuts <br>- 60 maraschino cherries, halved <br><p></p>Directions <br>step 1: Sift together: 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ginger and 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee. Put aside. <br>step 2: Cream 1 cup butter or margarine. Add 1 1/4 cups brown sugar. Cream well. Blend in dark corn syrup, egg, and cream. Add dry ingredients and mix well. <br>step 3: Roll out dough, 1/3 at a time on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut cookies into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. <br>step 4: To Make Filling: Combine 1/3 firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons cherry juice. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts, chopped fine. <br>step 5: Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Shape into a bell by folding sides of dough to meet over the filling using spatula to fold over sides. Make top of bell narrower than at the clapper end. Place 1/2 of a maraschino cherry (cut side down) at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes. <br>

Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon instant coffee granules
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup dark corn syrup
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon cream
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoons cherry juice
- 1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
- 60 maraschino cherries, halved

Directions
step 1: Sift together: 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ginger and 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee. Put aside.
step 2: Cream 1 cup butter or margarine. Add 1 1/4 cups brown sugar. Cream well. Blend in dark corn syrup, egg, and cream. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
step 3: Roll out dough, 1/3 at a time on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut cookies into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
step 4: To Make Filling: Combine 1/3 firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons cherry juice. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts, chopped fine.
step 5: Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Shape into a bell by folding sides of dough to meet over the filling using spatula to fold over sides. Make top of bell narrower than at the clapper end. Place 1/2 of a maraschino cherry (cut side down) at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes.

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