Cherry Danish Cookies
These Cherry Danish Cookies are easy to make and taste like little cherry pies, but better, because the cookie is so sweet and delicious.
Serving40 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg, yolk
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 30 ounces cherry pie filling
Glaze
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 400 ℉.
- Beat butter, cream cheese, milk and sugar together.
- Then add egg yolk. Stir flour and baking powder into butter mixture to make a stiff dough. Works best if chilled overnight or for a few hours.
- Roll out dough ¼" thick. Cut into circles with a 2 inch round cookie cutter.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet 1" apart. Make an indent in each cookie with your thumb and fill with 1 teaspoon of cherry pie filling.
- Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool completely.
Glaze
- Mix powdered sugar and milk. If it's too runny add more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little milk. Mix until smooth.
- Put glaze in a sandwich baggie with the corner snipped off. Pipe the glaze onto the top of each cookie.
Notes
Nutrition
Calories: 115 kcal · Carbohydrates: 15 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 19 mg · Sodium: 79 mg · Potassium: 46 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 5 g · Vitamin A: 224 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 18 mg · Iron: 1 mg