Name: Icebox Cookies – Eggfree
Yield: 8 Servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: All purpose flour: 1 1/4 cup; Butter: 1/2 cup; Sugar: 1/3 cup+1 tbsp; Glazed Cherries: 1/2 cup; Milk: 1 tbsp; Vanilla extract: 1/ tsp

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup All purpose flour

1/2 cup Butter

1/3 cup+1 tbsp Sugar

1/2 cup Glazed Cherries

1 tbsp Milk

1/ tsp Vanilla extract

Directions

Ice box cookies or the refrigerator cookies seem to have originated in America. In earlier times keeping food cold was a challenge. In America, with the advent of rail roads, insulated boxes came into existence and eventually refrigerated ice boxes found their way into the American homes. Recipes were developed and ice box cakes and cookies made their appearance. This cookie dough needs to be refrigerated for a while before baking and hence are known as ice box cookies

These cookies are the perfect melt in the mouth cookies with those chewy glazed cherries. I baked these for my son and the first reaction on seeing this was disbelief. He asked me is this Karachi biscuits???. I then realized that these taste exactly like our own Karachi biscuits from Hyderabad. He loved these cookies and so did the other who tasted these. I suggest you bake these simple yet addictive cookies soon.

Steps

1 Done	Cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy
2 Done	Add milk and vanilla and beat it well.
3 Done	Slowly add the flour, salt and the chopped glazed cherries. Knead it into a smooth dough
4 Done	Transfer the dough onto a clean surface. Shape it into an 8" long log. Cover it with a plastic wrap. Refridgerate it for 2 hrs
5 Done	Preheat the oven to 190C
6 Done	Using a sharp knife , cut the log into 1/4 thick slices. Place these on a parchment paper lined baking tray 1" apart from each other
7 Done	Bake for 14-16 minutes or until the edges start to brown. Remove from the oven, transfer them to a cooling rack , Let it cool completely and store them in air tight container

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They look like Karachi biscuits 😀 I bet they tased like them too!

Wow I am sure these tasted like those melt in the mouth cookies..you have got the log so well done..

The Karachi biscuits are so delicious , we would get packs whenever some one came , but now you have got me in trouble ! Will have to bake these , they look fantastic .

Wow! They look so gorgeous. And if they taste like Karachi biscuit, I can imagine them vanishing in no time here. All of us love Karachi biscuits at home. Saving this for later! Yum yum

OMG! if they are like Karachi biscuits, we would definitely love these!! Parcel please!

My first thought when I saw the pics was that they do look like Karachi Biscuits! They look fabulous and if they do taste like those melt in the mouth biscuits, I’m sold! 😀 Bookmarked to try.

Perfect cookies.. The name itself tempts me so much in this summer!

How beautiful they looks, such a dangerously addictive cookies to munch without any fuss.

Very nice.. love these simple cookie recipes. Thanks for sharing. Will definitely try it.

They look so good and my husband loves anything with cherries in them. It does look like our karachi cookies and this is a great pick.

They look beautiful. Very similar to tutti-fruity cookies..

I love these ice box cookies — great to keep on the unbaked logs in the fridge for those sudden sweet cravings or impromptu guests.

I saw them in a baking show and loved it. Looks gorgeous.

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