Cherry Pie Cookies
These Cherry Pie Cookies are a delicious combination of two classic desserts. Soft, buttery thumbprint cookies are filled with cherry pie filling and drizzled with white chocolate. They’re the best of both worlds!
We love cookies and pies in equal measure, so we’ve combined them to make this delicious mashup of both desserts.
Like our cherry pie cupcakes, these cookies combine the best of two worlds to create rich, soft, sweet thumbprint cookies that everyone loves, whether we serve them for a weeknight dessert or bring them to parties.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: This recipe only requires six simple ingredients found in any kitchen.
- Incredibly Easy: It only takes a handful of steps and about 25 minutes to bake these cookies.
- Customizable: It’s easy to change up this recipe to create a variety of different flavors.
- Versatile: These make a great weeknight dessert or holiday treat.
- Great Make-Ahead Option: These cookies are freezer-friendly, so you can make extra for later!
Key Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Cherry Pie Filling: Use a high-quality filling for the best flavor and texture.
- Powdered Sugar: Using powdered sugar in the cookies keeps them so light, airy, and soft.
Variations
- Fillings: Use your favorite store-bought or homemade pie fillings to make variations like these blueberry pie cookies, strawberry pie cookies, or pecan pie cookies.
- Cherry Pie Cups: Bake the dough in mini muffin tins, press the centers of the freshly baked cookies into a well, and fill with cherry pie filling to create cherry pie cookie cups.
- Sugar Cookie Dough: Use a soft sugar cookie dough like we used for these frosted sugar cookies to create sweet, buttery cherry pie cookies with a slightly different flavor.
- Almond Cookie Dough: Add a little almond extract to the cookies to create a delicious variation.
How to Make Cherry Pie Cookies
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Cream the butter, vanilla, and sugar in a stand mixer. Then, mix in the flour until combined.
- Place tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto prepared baking sheets and gently indent the centers to create wells.
- Fill the centers with cherry pie filling and bake at 325°F until the cookies are set.
- Cool the cookies completely. Then, melt the white chocolate chips and drizzle or pipe the melted chocolate onto the cookies. Enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy for the best texture.
- Mix the flour into the wet ingredients until just combined. Don’t overdo it, or your cookies will be tough.
- Remove your cookies as soon as they’re set. These cookies are very lightly colored, so baking them until they are golden will dry them out.
- Fully cool your cookies before drizzling on the melted chocolate. This ensures the chocolate drizzle stays in place.
Cherry Pie Cookies FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Because these cookies don’t have a deep golden color, you’ll have to rely on touch and time. Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes. At the 12-minute mark, test them for doneness by gently pressing a cookie. If it’s set, it’s baked.
There’s no single best brand, but in general, you want a high-quality brand. Bargain brands tend to have flavors that are too sweet and textures that feel a bit too jelly-like.
Your cookies should be filled before baking. Just like a traditional pie, the cherry filling will thicken more and set as the cookies bake.
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📖Recipe
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Cherry Pie Cookies
Equipment
- Baking sheets
- parchment paper
- Stand mixer
- large mixing bowl
- tablespoon
- small bowl
- Piping bag
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups flour
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 15 ounces cherry pie filling
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line your baking sheet(s) with parchment and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter, vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix until smooth.
- Add in the flour and mix to combine, scraping the sides often.
- Scoop out about a tablespoon’s worth of the dough and shape into a ball. Gently indent the center to create a well.
- Fill the well in each cookie with a heaping spoonful of the pie filling, spreading to the edges if needed.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until the cookie is set.
- Allow to cool.
- In a small bowl, melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave, heating for 15-30 seconds at a time and stirring until smooth.
- Transfer the melted white chocolate to a piping bag or a small Ziploc bag. Drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies. Allow to set.
Notes
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
