Cherry Surprises
Source of Recipe
Posted by Bev
List of Ingredients
1 cups margarine softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 egg yolks
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons almond flavoring
1 (9 1/2 ounce) bottle maraschino cherries, drained (reserve juice)
Recipe
Preheat oven to 325�
Cream margarine and sugar. Add egg yolks. Blend in flour and salt. Add flavoring. Chill until firm enough to handle, about 2 hours.
Pinch off pieces of dough with floured hands, insert cherry, and cover with the dough.
Bake about 25 minutes, until lightly browned. When cool, ice with the following.
Icing:
1 tablespoon shortening
1 tablespoon cherry juice
1 tablespoon water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
Melt shortening, add juice and water, beat in salt and powdered sugar. Beat until spreading consistency. Spread on tops of cookies. Makes 36
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