Thursday, January 28, 2010

Cherry Winks / Awards

   We would like to share some awards and celebrate with a recipe for cherry winks. Please accept the awards and spot them on your sites. We thank you all for stopping by, leaving your comments and sharing your token of appreciations through awards.

      The recipe for the day, cherry winks were made during Christmas. I am still sticking to my no sweets regimen and please pray with me I keep it that way for a while. Blogging has gotten me into a sweet binge and I am trying to cut down for a while. Coming back to the topic of discussion the recipe is from my friend who instead got it from her mother. These were collected in a cook book, brought out by the ladies of her neighborhood in Kansas City, in the ‘40’s. They are crunchy and very pretty spiffed up with the maraschino cherries. I hope you enjoy this time tested cookies as much as I do.
  Kreative blogger comes with some rules.  Namitha and I have shared it with you before.  We request everyone who receives the award to follow the rules. 

  Namitha and I am would like to especially thank you guys who gave us these awards.

From Namitha:
Here is the 7 things that people may not know about me :-)
1. Have a love-hate relationship with rain.
2. Love Photography as much as I love cooking.
3. Get nervous about silly things (sometimes) but I face all the extreme situations confidently
4. Value friendships and glad that I have many friends whom I could count on :-)
5.A dessert maniac, and love almost anything that is sweet.
6.All through my life ,this is one sentence I've heard n number of times "you are getting thinner " :D
7.Love shopping for my kids

We were awarded by:
Renuka from love of cooking has shared the creative blogger award
S from Art, Food and Travel Chronicles Also shared the same award
Kitchen queen (Indu) and Soumya has awarded "happy 101"
Kalai of recipes diary shared Kreativ blogger
Spice of Spicebuds has shared Kreative blogger and beautiful blogger awards
Siddhi from cooked dil se has awarded us 'Happy 101' and Beautiful Blogger


Today's Recipe.

Cherry Winks:

Cherry Wink

Ingredients:
Flour - 2 Cups
Baking Soda - 1/2 tspn
Shortening - 2/3 cup
Eggs - 2
Vanilla Essence - 1 tspn
Dates - 1 Cup chopped
Baking Powder - 1 tspn
Salt - 1/2 tspn
Sugar - 1 Cup
Milk - 3 Tbspn (add less to start with)
Pecans - 1 Cup chopped
Corn Flakes crushed - 2 Cups

Method:

1. Sift flour, baking powder, soad and salt together
2. Cream shortening, sugar
3. Add eggs in and beat followed by milk and vanilla essence
4. Fold in the dry ingredients and mix
5. Add pecans and dates mix
6. Drop a tablespoon each into corn flakes and roll till the doubh is coated. 
7. Place on greased cookie sheet and top with 1/4 or 1/2 cherry
8. Bake in moderate over (350 D F) for 10-12 min
9. Cool and tin the cookies

Cherry Wink

Notes:  The dough is sticky.  Rolling in the flakes may seem hard, but if you use the spoon and lightly using your finger tip maneuver, you will be fine.

Contributor: Sunitha



62 comments:

  1. So, that's how you make "Cherry Winks." ; )

    Congrats on your awards.

    I love photography as much as cooking, too. Never knew I would when I started blogging.

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  2. Cool cookie! Never heard of this Cheery winks, looks good. If you just eat one of those and no more, I won't have to pray for you at all! :D

    Enjoy the awards, very well deserved.

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  3. wow..excellent pictures ...congrats on your award

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  4. Congrats on ur award... Wow awesome... Nice picture...

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  5. Haha that is a blogging world- we don't like sweet but if u see i ve blogged many sweets! But this one is very cute , congrats on ur awards :)

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  6. Congrats on the award. love this recipe of cherry winks. bookmarked

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  7. Congrats on your award...and a nice treat to celebrate too... never heard of this sweet but looks really good

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  8. Congrats on all your awards. Cookie looks too good. Nice name.

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  9. Congrats on all your awards. Cookie looks too good. Nice name.

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  10. Congrats on the awards guys :) Those cherry winks look so adorable!

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  11. Congratulations on the awards! Love your cherry winks!

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  12. Congratulations ~ all of your awards are well deserved, because you definitely offer some terrific recipes, tips and stories. Never I have stopped by and not found something creatively delicious.

    Keep 'em coming like these wonderful Cherry Winks.

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  13. congrats on ur awards and just keep rocking.

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  14. Heartiest congratulations for your award.
    Cookies looks fantastic and yummy. Thanks for this new type of recipe.

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  15. Congrats on shedding light about urself and ofcourse on your awards.

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  16. This sounds very cool- am really not much of a baker but admire those who have the patience to measure things out and bake:)

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  17. Congrats on ur awards, this cherry winks incredible and beautiful..looks very pretty..

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  18. Congrats on ur award, may u get more. loved the cherry winks, nice click.

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  19. Excellent cookies...congrats on all ur awards,keep rocking

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  20. Congrats on all your awards! Loved your Cheery Wink:)

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  21. Congrats on your awards..loved the click..cherry wink looks so good :-)

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  22. Congrats on ur award,Cherry Winks are gonna be a big hit,looks so delicious..

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  23. hey sunita n namitha comgrats for ur awards...this cherry winks luks realy cute n tempting...nice recipe

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  24. cherry winks.. loooks lovely!.. nice name for it :).. nice to know things about you :):)... beautifully clicked pics!!

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  25. Congratulations .

    Lovely cookie and beautiful embroidery on the table mat.

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  26. Oh wow!! that looks so cute!!!
    Congrats on the awards...

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  27. love the name cherry winks!! Congrats both of you on earning these awards.. very well deserved indeed. Namitha, how do you manage to get thinner when you cook such exception desserts, girl! I envy you now ;) Thanks a lot by the way for the clarification on substituting brown sugar for jaggery.

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  28. congrats on ur awards.. cherry winks luks delicious..

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  29. Congrats on your awards and the cherry winks looks superb.

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  30. Cherry winks looks as cute and it sounds...congrats on your awards...it was nice reading about you :)

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  31. congrats on ur awards and nice to know abt u.
    the cherry winks looks so cute.

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  32. Congrats on your awards!
    Cookie is cute and new to me.
    Thanks for the continuous support in my blog for every post.
    Special thanks to Namitha dear.

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  33. congraz on all your awards,cookies are really lovely and delicious..

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  34. Umm looks interesting...and nice reading your meme...Congrats on your award dear....and Thanks for visiting my blog..keep in touch :)

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  35. congrats on all your awards, love your photography, perhaps you guys can do post on tips on food photography

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  36. Congrats on ur awards.. Cherry winks looks yummy... great presentation too...

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  37. congrats on all ur awards, dear...perfectly made cookies...love ur clicks so much...so tempting!

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  38. Congrats on all your awards....
    Cherry winks...lovely name, looks awesome.

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  39. congratulations to both of you for the awards!!!Enjoy them ladies!!!

    cornflakes coated cookies look miam miam and crunchy, simply perfect!!!
    we are sweet maniacs at home too, so, this will disappear in no time!!!

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  40. I'm going to make some of this for Chinese new year!

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  41. Hi the name is so catchy and the click so very inviting. Good recipe to try and thanks for all the tips. Congrats on all the awards.

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  42. congrats to both of u on ur awards....
    cherry winks looks crunchy..love to have that one.

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  43. Congrats...i jus love ur blog and the clicks...

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  44. Wow love the name Cherry Winks. Now we know how to make these delightful Winks too..Sunitha, you have made it sound so easy..Also congratulations to you both on this wonderful shower of awards..WELL DESERVED and WELL EARNED...

    Namitha- good to know the things about you. My most loved one was when people asked you all your life- ur getting thinner..I can relate to that except after getting married, each and every time I visit INdia..thats what I hear..I keep wondering at this rate I would just disappear into thin air..lol

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  45. Congratulations for your prises.
    I like yous cookies.
    See soon.

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  46. Cherry winks look very cute! congrats on all your awards!

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  47. hey congrats on all your awards !!! these look cute and great pictures !!

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  48. Congrats on your awards, the cherry wink looks very cute!!!

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  49. congrats on your awards..love the cherry winks and the snaps..

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  50. Congratulations on awards!! this dish is new to me! looks so so delicious! lovely clicks.

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  51. Congratulations on ur awards, cherry wink looks yummy and pretty. Love the name cherry winks. Beautiful Pic.

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  52. well deserved award...congrats dear!

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  53. Congratulations on all the awards! You really deserved them! Aww!!! I love shopping for my kid too and I also have a love-hate relationship with rain!!!

    Your cookie looks oh so yummy! I loved that you used corn flakes crushed, dates and pecans in the mixture, sounds interesting!

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  54. Congratulations on the well earned awards!!
    :)

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  55. Congratulation for the awards you won and its very lovely designed dish ,,,looks very taste ..i will try it

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