Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks fill traditional peanut butter cookies with candied glace cherries and jam.
Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks is my recipe of the day. It is the last cookie recipe I will be making this season. And I thought I might squeeze them into the schedule in case you were still hunting for recipes. I always have a few holiday recipes coming down to the wire and the crunch time becomes decision time as to what to share with you.
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I wanted to have a few more cookies on hand for the holiday and have not done anything peanut butter in awhile. Plus my husband loves thumbprints. So these are a hit.
The hit part for me is that it moves out the last of my candied glace cherries. And a little bit of jam. I have another recipe for a jam tart tomorrow that cleared some of that out. Don’t you love using up your end of season bits? Plus, it means one less thing to buy. My jaw is still dropping at the high grocery prices.
Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks
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Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks

Cherry and Peanut Butter Winks
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Additional granulated sugar
- 28 red glace cherries
- 3 tablespoons cherry jelly
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Cream together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter and butter in a mixing bowl.
- Stir in egg and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking soda and baking powder and mix into a stiff dough.
- Use a tablespoon size cookie scoop to measure dough; shape into balls and roll in granulated sugar.
- Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and flatten somewhat.
- Bake for 4 minutes.
- Make an indentation with a wooden spoon into the center of each cookie (don't press all the way down).
- Fill the hole with 1/4 teaspoon cherry jelly and top with a glace cherry.
- Return cookies to oven and bake ten minutes more.
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