Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2009

I made these as per the recipe and really enjoyed them. The cherry flavor is not very strong, but that was fine with me. I think next time I will use brown sugar instead of white sugar and add a little almond extract just to see, but I enjoyed this. I really liked the texture with the oatmeal and the nuts.

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2009

I just made these.The 4 star rating attracted me.Thankfully,I made a tray of 8 cookies,"just to try." They were so bland,despite my adding extra cherry juice and almond extract.They probably could use some brown sugar in place of all white sugar.I'm going to try and salvage the rest of the batter and add some coconut and chocolate chips to the batter.I'm not sure why anyone would call these cookies chewy.They're actually quite dry.We'll see how it goes!

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Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008

Nice and soft. I like to dust these with powdered sugar before serving.

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SHANNYN79

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2008

These were easy to make and delicious!

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SANDRA DEE

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Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2008

After reading other reviews I decided to make some changes of my own. I cut the shortening to 1/4 cup and added 1/4 cup cinnamon applesauce. I cut the vanilla in half and substituted almond extract. I also used 1-1/2 Tbsp cherry juice and pecans instead of walnuts. After I had everything mixed I added a little extra flour to make up for the added wet ingredients. Baked per recipe and I must say they turned out very moist and very yummy!

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ARCTICCAT20

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Living In: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2008

I thought these were good cookies with a nice texture. I added extra cherry juice per the suggestions of other reviewers.

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jackie77

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2007

Try using almond extract instead of vanilla for more "cherry" flavor. Good texture cookie. I added cherry icing.

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klif

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2007

Like others, found first try bland, used dried cherries and cherry cider in place of marachino cherries... also used other suggestion here of cutting some of the butter with applesauce.

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Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2007

The coookies looked beautiful, plump with a very nice texture...but the taste was bland. I even added more cherry juice, but followed the rest of the recipe exactly. Maybe if some brown sugar was used. I don't know, probably wont try them again to experiment.

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rhonda

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2006

I thought these were pretty good. I added more cherries and some mini chocolate chips because they were a little bland at first. I'd make them again.

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Amy G

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2003

Very Good!!!! My may add husband loves cherries, next time I may add black cherries.

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Raechel Vehovec

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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2002

Based on what others had said about the weak cherry flavor I exchanged 1/2 of the butter for strawberry applesauce(which also helped cut the fat) and use 1 & 1/2 tablespoons of the cherry juice. The cherry flavor was more pronounced. Cookies turned out great - will make again.

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2001

Good, but not enough cherry flavor for my taste.

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Sparkkl

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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2001

These were really good and they freeze well also. (I rolled into to balls before freezing) The oatmeal and cherries are a good combination and they are not overly sweet. Will definetly make again!

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