Description
These Easy Glazed Stuffed Cherry Pie Cookies are soft, buttery, and filled with sweet cherry pie filling for the ultimate bakery-style dessert. Topped with a smooth vanilla glaze and festive sprinkles, these cookies are perfect for holiday dessert trays, Valentine’s Day treats, bake sales, quick dessert ideas, and easy homemade sweets. The tender sugar cookie exterior combined with the juicy cherry center creates an irresistible dessert that tastes like cherry pie in cookie form. Whether you are searching for fun baking ideas, easy cookie recipes, or crowd-pleasing dessert recipes, these stuffed cherry cookies are guaranteed to impress.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons milk if needed
1 cup cherry pie filling
½ teaspoon almond extract optional
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons pink and red sprinkles
1 tablespoon crushed freeze-dried cherries
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time and mix in vanilla extract.
4. In another bowl whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cornstarch.
5. Slowly combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.
6. Refrigerate dough for 20 to 30 minutes.
7. Stir almond extract into cherry pie filling if using.
8. Scoop cookie dough and flatten slightly in your hand.
9. Add 1 teaspoon cherry filling to the center.
10. Cover with another flattened dough piece and seal edges completely.
11. Arrange cookies on prepared baking sheets spaced 2 inches apart.
12. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
13. Cool cookies completely on a wire rack.
14. Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together to make glaze.
15. Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies.
16. Decorate with sprinkles and let glaze set before serving.
Notes
Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and keeps the filling sealed inside the cookies.
Avoid overfilling with cherry pie filling because excess filling can leak during baking.
For the best bakery-style appearance, glaze the cookies only after they have completely cooled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 39g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
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