Festive Chewy Cherry Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons leftover cherry juice
• 1 teaspoon orange extract (or vanilla, whatever you prefer)
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped drained maraschino cherry
• 1 1/4 cups flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, then blend in juice from drained cherries and extract.
• 2 mix in flour until combined then stir in coconut and cherries.
• 3 shape the dough into rolls in plastic wrap(this will be very sticky!) and place in fridge for a few hours until firm (or freeze until needed).
• 4 preheat oven to 380°f
• 5 remove from fridge and slice into rounds and place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes.
• 6 i did mine convection at 360 for about 10 minutes also.
• 7 bake until edges are slightly brown.