What feels like ages ago, my cousin requested I make something with cherries. I came up with several ideas, unfortunately when it came time to make the item at the top of my list the weather wasn’t cooperating. The forecast warned of high temps and equally high humidity. That is not the kind of day I want to be traveling with frosted anything and especially not a day I want anything frosted sitting out long. The pretty frosting will surely lose it’s form and very quickly begin sliding around. It was a fear, a very valid fear that I did not want to deal with.

Fast forward over a month later. Time for a birthday bash.  A perfect time for lots of desserts, as froofy as I desire. I had my heart set on making pecan cherry thumbprint cookies. Thumbprints are fun to make, giving you loads of possibilities. The fillings can range from simple to elaborate, flavored frostings, chopped fruit, jam, you name it! My plan was to make two different varieties of thumprints, which I did but the cherry variety turned out far tastier.

Instead of following the original recipe I altered another thumprint recipe I have made several times in the past. Since I knew this recipe was a winner, it seemed like a good and safe bet to use in place of an unknown. Sometimes the idea of trying something new, not knowing if it’s really going to turn out is scary. I almost always have a backup plan just in case the worst happens, but in this case it wasn’t necessary at all. I had faith in my altered recipe. And thankfully it absolutely paid off. Continue Reading