Cherry Surprise Cookies For St. Val Or St. Pat

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained well, reserving juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• reserved cherry juice
• chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream butter and sugar together; add egg yolks and blend well.
• 3 add flour, salt, and allmond extract, mixing well.
• 4 flatten pieces of dough in your cupped hand with your fingertips. insert a well-drained cherry (no stem) and mold dough around it being sure to completely cover the cherry. place on baking sheet.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. cool and frost tops with pink cherry frosting.
• 6 to make frosting: mix powdered sugar and butter with enough of the reserved cherry juice to make a spreading consistency. . sprinkle each cookie with chopped wallnuts.