yduras

Made these with a friend about a gazillion Christmases ago.

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup crisco

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp almond extract

2 1/4 cups flour

maraschino cherries

• Preheat oven 350
• blend butter and crisco
• add sugar slowly while mixing
• add extract and blend well
• add flour and blend, but not over do it
• place in ungreased cookie sheet in tablespoon sized balls
• Place a sliced bit of cherry firmly into each ball of dough.
• Bake about 20 minutes (until slightly brown at the edges)