Cherry Danish Cookies Recipe
These Cherry Danish Cookies are easy to make and taste like little cherry pies, but better, because the cookie is so sweet and delicious.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Best cookies, cherry cookies, Christmas Cookie Recipe
Servings: 40
Calories: 115kcal
- 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
Cookies
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 1/4" 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.
Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 224IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg