Cherry Wink Cookies
- Title
- Cherry Wink Cookies
- Subject
- flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- shortening
- sugar
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla
- corn flakes
- cherries
- jam
- jelly
- pecans
- dates
- Description
- Marie's Dec. 31 - 1959
Cherry Wink Cookies
Bake 375° F 8 10
to to 12 min. swell
Sift together 2 1/4 cups flour 350° den - good
1 T. Baking Powder
1/2 T. soda
1/2 T. salt
Cream 3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
Blend in 2 eggs
add 2 Tbls milk
1 T. vanilla
Back:
Shape into balls - level small Tbls for each
1
cookie. Crush 2 1/2 cups corn flakes
Roll each cookie in same - Place on
cooky sheet - top each cookie with
a cherry, jam or jelly.
You can add
1 cup pecans
1 " chopped dates }
1/3 " cherries } to cookie mixture
if you wish
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# Cherry Wink Cookies
*From Marie, December 31, 1959*
## Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups corn flakes, crushed
- Cherries, jam, or jelly (for topping)
### Optional Add-ins
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1/3 cup cherries
## Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
3. Cream shortening and sugar together.
4. Blend in eggs.
5. Add milk and vanilla.
6. Mix in sifted dry ingredients.
7. If desired, add pecans, chopped dates, and cherries to the cookie mixture.
8. Shape dough into balls using 1 level tablespoon per cookie.
9. Roll each ball in crushed corn flakes.
10. Place on cookie sheet.
11. Top each cookie with a cherry, jam, or jelly.
12. Bake at 375°F for 8 to 12 minutes. - Creator
- Alberta P. Thornton
- Source
- RCA0005 - VTG 175+ Recipes w Box Handwritten Clipped Breads Pies Casseroles Seafood Donut (eBay)
- Date
- December 31, 1959
- Contributor
- Marie
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0005-20260528-0094
- Coverage
- Maine, US
Dublin Core
Collection
Tags
Citation
Alberta P. Thornton, “Cherry Wink Cookies,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 26, 2026, https://www.recipecardarchive.com/items/show/949.