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I absolutely love cherry pie! It is hands down my favorite pie around the holidays. These cherry pie cookies made with Lucky Leaf pie filling, are a must to bake for the holidays! … or better yet, they are great year round!
One of my favorite cookies to bake are thumbprint cookies. Because Lucky Leaf cherry pie filling is so fantastic, I wanted make these cute little thumbprint cookies with my favorite pie filling. I mean look at that delicious cherry pie filling! The cherries are absolute perfection.
The best part about these cookies is that are cute and little and just the right size. They are made with a delicious butter cookie and the cherry pie filling gives it a burst of flavor. And the cherry baked into the center reminded me of taking a bite of cherry pie. Of course the white chocolate glaze on top gives it the perfect finishing touch.
I loved how they turned out! The cherry pie filling gave these cookies a bright and beautiful presentation. They looked fantastic and would be the first cookies to get eaten in a cookie exchange. They are fun, easy to bake and the perfect cookie!
This post was sponsored by Lucky Leaf®. All opinions expressed are my own!
Cherry Pie Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup margarine softened
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 21 ounce Lucky Leaf Cherry Pie Filling
- 1/2 cup white chocolate baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer beat together butter, and margarine until fluffy. Add flour powdered sugar, and vanilla just until combined and a soft dough is formed.
- Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. about 2 inches apart. Make an indentation in the center of each ball. Scoop 1-2 cherries into each center indentation in the cookie.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Allow cookies to cool. Melt the ½ cup white chocolate in the microwave stirring 30 seconds at a time in a microwave safe dish until smooth and be careful not to let it burn.
- Once chocolate is melted scoop into a ziplock blog. Snip the corner with scissors and drizzle the chocolate over each cookie.
Nutrition
Serves: 24
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
Do you use plain flour or self rising flour?
I used all purpose flour.
I make these every year for Christmas. They are delicious! Everyone loves them! I was wondering if I can use All butter, or if the margarine is necessary in this recipe.
These cookies came out wonderfully. For me they had to cook longer like 20 minutes. But they taste amazing! they are so light and not that much sugar. I can’t wait to make them for the holidays for my family and co-workers. Plus I think they’d be great for summer parties like the 4th of July, something about cherries during the 4th seems perfect.
Everyone I’ve made these for has absolutely loved them. They’re my most requested cookie yet. I do add an extra tablespoon or two of water to the dough depending on the humidity in my area, as it’s always been really dry without any extra liquid. I also knead the dough versus beat it since it’s too crumbly otherwise. I still bake at 325, but these take about 25 minutes in my oven. Overall, these are excellent cookies. They freeze well, and are fun to experiment with other fillings besides cherry as well. My second favorite is raspberry!
can you use the roll of sugar cookies dough
Yes, you can use a purchased roll of sugar cookie dough. Just follow the instructions for rolling it into balls.
I love date filled cookies but thought about trying another filling. There is a bottom, the filling,and then the top securing together with a fork around the edges. Would cherries work?
Yes, that sounds delicious! XOXO
If you double the recipe one can will fill all cookies, use a tablespoon measuring to exact measure..70 cookies!!!
oh my. absolutely delicious. I tried this recipe with apple and also binder l blueberry… freaking amazing. thank ❤
Can theses cookies be frozen?
Yes, they can! Enjoy your cookies! XOXO
One of my hubby’s favorite cookies around the holidays. I have to double the batch in order to share with friends and family! Lol he is a piggy
Should the cherry cookies have sugar or powdered sugar.
I am assuming you use plain, not self-rising flour?
YES!
For those that want to use all butter rather than margarine, it works fine. I used all unsalted butter (because that’s what I have on hand) and a pinch of salt.
The vanilla didn’t seem to fully incorporate, so probably add that to the butter before adding dry ingredients.
I used blueberry filling and cherry filling. Both tasty!
Use the recommended bake time! These will still be soft and doughy when you pull them out. Very soft and buttery cookie with a light color. If you leave them in too long, they will harden up, but they will be crumbly.
Hope this helps!
That is all great to hear! Thanks for sharing your way of making it! I will have to try it soon too!! XOXO