Recipe: Cherry Bell Cookies

Dear Jeri,
Here is an old recipe. Sounds like what you're describing.

CHERRY BELL COOKIES

3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. instant coffee granules
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. cream
FOR THE FILLING:
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts, finely chopped
60 maraschino cherries, halved

Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and instant coffee granules. Set aside.

Cream 1 cup butter. Add 1 1/4 cups brown sugar; cream well. Mix in dark corn syrup, egg, and cream. Add dry ingredients and mix well.

Roll out dough, 1/3 at a time on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut cookies into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

TO MAKE FILLING:
Combine 1/3 firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, cherry juice. Stir in nuts.

TO SHAPE AND BAKE:
Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in center of each round. Shape into a bell by folding sides of dough to meet over the filling using spatula to fold over sides. Make top of bell narrower than at the clapper end. Place 1/2 of a maraschino cherry (cut side down) at open end of each bell for clapper.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes.