Pie Cookies... who would have thought how WONDERFUL they would be.Cherry Pie Cookies
A super fun cherry pie option that'll have everyone requesting these at your next get together! Use any pie filling flavor you choose to make these for even the non cherry pie lover. Blueberry, lemon, strawberry, peach, apple, or chocolate pudding.
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 21 oz. can cherry pie filling
- Buttercream Frosting:
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add egg and vanilla.
- Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix until the dough forms a ball on the paddle.
- Press 3 tablespoons of dough into each section of the Muffin Top Pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Let cool completely
- Beat Shortening, powdered sugar and cream until smooth and place into a piping bag fitted with #21 tip.
- Add 8 cherries to each cookie.
- Pipe edge around each cookie with buttercream frosting.