Try our melt-in-your-mouth Cherry Butter Pinwheel Cookies recipe for a perfect blend of buttery and cherry sweetness in every bite. The combination of buttery goodness and fruity sweetness in these cookies is hard to resist.
The recipe calls for basic ingredients like butter, sugar, and all-purpose flour.
Ingredients
- Cream cheese
- Unsalted butter
- Flour; plus more for rolling cookies
- Cherry butter jam (Buc-ees has a great one)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
For exact measurements, please see the printable recipe card below.
How to Make Cherry Butter Cookies
Mix cream cheese and softened unsalted butter in a stand mixer. Add in three cups of flour. Mix well.
Wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to overnight. Overnight has the best results.
Place a quarter of the dough on a floured surface and roll it out to a thin layer. Cut into 1 1/2 inch squares.
Then, using a pizza dough cutter, slice the corners lengthwise into the center of the square. Do this on all four corners.
Leaving some uncut in the middle where the jam will be placed. Put a small amount of cherry butter jam into the center of the square.
Place one corner end into the center, then skip the next, then do the next one to the center, and repeat. Use a little water to press all of them together in the center.
This allows them to stay well when baking. Please don’t skip this step, or they will rise up and not look like a pinwheel.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes till light golden brown on the edges.
Remove to a cooling rack.
Dust with powdered sugar.
They don’t have to be pinwheel-shaped. You can choose to make them any way you want. They will still taste the same.
These delicious Cherry Pinwheel Cookies are now ready to be enjoyed!
Storage Tips
You can store the Cherry Pinwheel Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.
However, if you want to extend their freshness, refrigerating them is a better option.
The cookies will stay fresh for a longer period when stored in the refrigerator.
Cherry Butter Cookies Printable Recipe Card
Cherry Butter Pinwheel Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
- 3 cups flour; plus more for rolling cookies
- 1 cup cherry butter jam
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese and softened unsalted butter in a stand mixer. Add in three cups of flour. Mix well.
- Wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to overnight. Overnight has the best results.
- Place a quarter of the dough on a dough board and roll out to a thin layer. Cut into 1 1/2 inch squares.
- Then using a pizza dough cutter slice the corners lengthwise into the center of the square. Do this on all four corners. Leaving some uncut in the middle where the jam will be placed.
- Put a small amount of cherry butter jam into the center of the square. Place one corner end into the center then skip the next then do the next one to the center and repeat. Use a little water to press all of them together in the center. This allows for them to stay well when baking. Don't skip this step or they will rise up and not look like a pinwheel.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes till light golden brown on edges. Remove to cooling rack. Dust with powdered sugar.
- Store in airtight container.
