Cherry Drops

By dkanon

Ingredients

• 3 sticks butter, softened
• 1 (3-ounce) package cherry-flavored gelatin
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 60 maraschino cherries with stems, drained on paper towels
• White decorative crystal sugar for sprinkling

Details

Servings 60
Cooking time 10mins
Adapted from mrfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add gelatin and sugar and beat until well mixed. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour and baking powder; mix well.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass, and make an indentation in center of each cookie with your thumb. Place a cherry in indentation and sprinkle with sugar crystals.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.