Holiday Bells

• 1/2 tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2-1/4 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
• 1/2 teaspoon butter, softened
• 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 5 red or green maraschino cherries, quartered

1. In a small bowl, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased
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3. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cherry juice and butter. Stir in pecans. Place 1/2 teaspoonful in the center of each cookie. Shape into a bell by folding edges of dough to meet over filling; pinch edges together.
4. Place a piece of cherry at open end of each bell for clapper. Bake at 350u0b0 for 7-9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire racks.

cookie dough, allpurpose, brown sugar, maraschino cherry juice, butter, pecans, red

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/holiday-bells/ (may not work)