cherry nut christmas cookies

How To Make cherry nut christmas cookies

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  To make the cookies, beat butter, powdered sugar, and egg yolks together until creamy.
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  Add almond extract and flour.
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  Measure dough into 1 Tablespoon portions.
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  Flatten dough into plam of hand. Place 1 pecan half and 1 cherry in middle.
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  Form dough into a ball to seal them in the middle.
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  Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. The cookies will be light in color.
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  Cool cookies completely on a rack. Frost the cookies with buttercream frosting using reserved cherry juice (instead of milk). It will turn a pretty pink color. Just mix all the buttercream indredients from above with your electric mixer until desired consistency.
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  Add some pretty decorations to the top and they're done! Recipe makes about 28-30 cookies. Cookies can be made ahead and frozen.
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  Delicious...I think I might go get one. =)
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