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cherry blueberry cookie cups

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Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 jar blueberry preserves
  • 1 jar Maraschino cherries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Cream shortening and cheese together. Add sugar, egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
    1 cup shortening, 3 ounces cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Sift dry ingredients together and stir into creamed mixture. Chill dough.
    2 ½ cups all purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • Divide dough into 48 pieces. Press each piece into a cup of a mini-muffin pan, press down in the middle and up on the sides to cover the entire cup with a well in the center.
  • Drop a small teaspoon of blueberry jam into each cookie cup.
    1 jar blueberry preserves
  • Top with a cherry. Bake at 350℉ for 10 to 15 minutes until cookie just starts to turn brown.
    1 jar Maraschino cherries