Sugar Cherry Cookies

Compliments All Round

I just recieved compliments for my sugar cherry cookies.  Light, delicious and sweet... the perfect combination for an edibile treat.

This recipe was adapted from 'Sam Stern's Student Cookbook' (Walker Books, 2009)

Ingredients:

225g/ 8oz self raising flour (and a little extra for rolling dough), pinch of salt, 150g butter, 60g caster sugar, a little granulated sugar for sprinkling, egg whites (from one egg to brush cookies), 50g icing sugar, 1 egg (beaten), 45g glazed cherries (chopped).

Method:

1. Sift flour, salt into a bowl.
2. Cut in the butter.
3. Rub the butter, flour and salt with your fingers until the mix looks like breadcrumbs.

4. Add the sugar and mix.
5. Then mix in then beaten egg to make a dough.
6. Add the cherries and mix in.
7. Roll into a ball and wrap in cling film.
8. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
9.  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C / Gas 4.
10. Roll out the dough on a floured board and cut out cookie shapes.
11. Brush cookies with egg whites and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
12. Cook for 13 minutes until a light brown on a baking tray.
13. Cool on the tray for 4 minutes before transferring the cookies to a rack.