Snicker Doodles With Dried Cherries & Almonds

By á-37073

Makes about 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• Topping:
• 1 c sugar
• 1 TBSP cinnamon
• Cookie Dough:
• 3 1/2 c flour
• 1 TBSP baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 c butter
• 2 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 TBSP light corn syrup
• 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 c dried cherries or cherry flavored cranberries
• 1/2 c sliced almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Topping:
In a small bowl, stir the sugar and cinnamon together and set aside.
Cookies:
Preheat oven to 375*F. Stir the first five dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl, cream the butter with a hand mixer, add the sugar and incorporate. Continue to mix, adding eggs, corn syrup and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients adding chopped cherries and almonds last. Mix until blended. Wrap and chill dough for 1 hour if it's sticky or difficult to handle. Roll balls of dough (about the size of a walnut) and roll in the cinnamon sugar topping to coat. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 1/2 in apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cookies puff slightly and the surface is slightly cracked. Let cool on the cookie sheet a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.