- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tspn vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tspns baking powder
- 1/2 tspn salt
- Maraschino cherry halves, well-drained
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Add to creamed mixture, Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Press a cherry half in center of each cookie.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets, and cool on wire racks. Yield: 4 1/2 dozen
More Presidential Recipes
Thomas Jefferson's Macaroni and Cheese (1802)Martha Washington's Nutmeg Custard Pie (1770)
(Origin - "The Southern Heritage Cookie Jar Cookbook" by Southern Living, part of Oxmoor House. Inc, 1985.)
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