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      Title: Vanilla Cookies With Almonds And Cherries
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
      3 c  All-purpose flour
    3/4 ts Baking powder; omit if
           -making thumbprints, ball,
           -or spritz cookies
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Unsalted butter
      1 c  Sugar
      1 lg Egg
      2 ts Pure vanilla extract
    3/4 c  Blanched almonds; toasted,
           -chopped
    3/4 c  Dried cherries
    1/2 c  Sanding sugar; for rolling
 
  Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat
  butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until
  pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add
  flour mixture, and beat until combined.
  
  Once the flour is incorporated according to dough recipe, beat in the
  almonds and dried cherries. Divide dough into 2 pieces. Shape each
  into a 10" log. Coat each in sanding sugar, if using. Wrap in
  parchment. Refrigerate until very firm, about 2 hours.
  
  Slice dough crosswise slightly thicker than 1/8". Reshape if needed.
  Bake at 350°F on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, 12 to 14
  minutes.
  
  Recipe FROM: <gemini://gmi.noulin.net/cooking/107.gmi>
 
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