Cherry-Pecan Balls

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Servings: 1 Difficulty: Advanced
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International-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Cherry-Pecan Balls

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1 Calories: 1542.4

Description

This International dessert features Shortening, Cream cheese, softened, Sugar, Egg. It delivers rich, cheesy flavor, smooth, comforting richness. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cream shortening and
  2. cream cheese in a large mixing bowl; gradually
  3. add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
  4. Add egg; beat well.
  5. stir in almond extract.
  6. Sift together flour, soda and salt in a medium mixing bowl; add to creamed mixture, beating well.
  7. Chill 1 hour.
  8. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; roll in pecans.
  9. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  10. gently press a cherry half in center of each cookie.
  11. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
  12. remove to wire racks to cool.
  13. Store in airtight containers in refrigerator up to 1 week

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1542.4kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 109.3g169%
Saturated Fat 30.9g155%
Cholesterol 74.6mg25%
Sodium 1798.5mg75%
Total Carbohydrate 127.5g43%
Dietary Fiber 9.4g38%
Sugars 44.1g
Protein 20.5g41%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: almond, baking, balls, cheese, cherries, cherrypecan, chopped, cream, dessert, egg, extract, finely, flour, international, pecans, purpose, salt, shortening, soda, softened
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