{"id":17879,"date":"2014-12-15T02:45:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T07:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=17879"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:01:17","slug":"cherry-chocolate-shortbread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/15\/cherry-chocolate-shortbread\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Chocolate Shortbread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17880\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/15\/cherry-chocolate-shortbread\/cherrychoc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CherryChoc.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CherryChoc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CherryChoc.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17880\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CherryChoc.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CherryChoc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CherryChoc.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CherryChoc.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up, it wouldn&#8217;t be Christmas without\u00a0a covered candy dish full of ribbon candy and chocolate covered cherries. These cookies are like popping a chocolate covered cherry in your mouth, then taking a bite of a\u00a0delicious\u00a0shortbread cookie. If you&#8217;re headed to a cookie swap, <strong><em>these<\/em><\/strong> are the cookies to show up with!<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup confectioner&#8217;s sugar<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 10 ounce jar of maraschino cherries, drained and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt, and add to the butter\/sugar mixture.<\/p>\n<p>2. Chop the maraschino cherries, transfer them to a paper towel lined plate, and blot to get rid of the excess juice. Add cherries and chocolate chips.<\/p>\n<p>3. Divide dough in half, and using wax paper, roll into a logs. Refrigerate for 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>4. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325\u00ba. Cut\u00a0the log into 1\/4&#8243; slices and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until cookies are slightly golden on top. Cool on a wire baking rack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, it wouldn&#8217;t be Christmas without\u00a0a covered candy dish full of ribbon candy and chocolate covered cherries. These cookies are like popping a chocolate covered cherry in your mouth, then taking a bite of a\u00a0delicious\u00a0shortbread cookie. If you&#8217;re headed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/15\/cherry-chocolate-shortbread\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176,1238],"tags":[97,96,2931],"class_list":["post-17879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-cherries","tag-christmas-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4En","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21665,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/06\/cherry-chocolate-chip-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":17879,"position":0},"title":"Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and I can't think of a better way to say \"I dig you\", than baking a batch of these big, soft, chocolate chip cherry cookies for your significant other.\u00a0No significant other? 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