Cherry Nut Tea Cookies
1 cup
granulated sugar
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon
vanilla
1 large egg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon
baking soda
1 teaspoon
baking powder
½ cup finely
chopped pecans
½ cup finely
chopped maraschino cherries
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs, vanilla and continue beating. Sift together flour, baking power and baking
soda. Beat into creamed mixture. Fold in cherries and nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a cookie sheet
covered with parchment paper. Bake for
10 to 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Yield: 2 dozen
cookies
Carolyn Gass Hardimon, M. S. Home Economist