Sakuranbo Cookies

Good cherry aroma and rustic cookie flavor.

“Sakuranbo Cookies”, cherry cookies, made by Yoneya confectionery store in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, where is famous for the largest production of cherries among all areas in Japan.  There are many different types of cherries-based sweets made there. Even so, “cherry cookies” are a rare.

A pair cherries is printed on the vivid pink package, looks like a nostalgic feel.

It contains two thin oval-shaped cookies per package. They are thin, 3-4 mm thick, but  each cookie is quite large.

It has a crispy, hard texture, kneaded pink grains into the cookie dough are so-called “Drenched cherries” or candied cherries. They are harvested in local and abundantly kneaded into the cookie dough.

さくらんぼの風味とクッキーがこんなに合うとは意外です。クッキーはハードビスケットを感じさせる素朴な甘さですが、バターと小麦の風味がしっかりあって美味しい。いい感じにドレンチェリーの味わいを引き立てています。どこか懐かしい味わいもある素朴な美味しさでした。

It is surprising to know how well the flavor of cherries and cookies go together. The cookies have a rustic and reminiscent sweetness, like hard biscuits, but they are delicious with a strong flavor of both butter and wheat. They complement the flavor of drenched cherries in a nice way. It is a rustic taste with a nostalgic flavor.