from Great American Home Baking
Prep: 30 minutes
Makes 5 dozen cookies
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
Garnish:
1/4 cup maraschino cherries, drained and thinly sliced
2 tbsp. granulated sugar
PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees.
MIX together flour and salt.
BEAT together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. At low speed, beat in flour mixture until a soft dough forms.
SPOON dough into a cookie press fitted with a clover or ring shaped disk. Press dough out onto 2 ungreased baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
PRESS a cherry slice into the center of each clover shaped cookie. Press 8 slivered cherries around each cookie ring. Sprinkle cookies with sugar.
BAKE cookies until lightly golden, 6-8 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to wire rack to cool slightly. Transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.
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