Lori's Cherry Surprises

By kmgulick

Ingredients

• 1 cup softened margarine
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tsp. almond extract
• bottled maraschino cherry cherries drained (save juice)

Preparation

Step 1

Cream margarine and sugar, add egg yolks, blend in flour and salt, add almond extract. chill until firm enough to handle (about 2 hours) pinch off pieces of dough with floured hands, insert cherry and cover with dough.

Bake at 325 for about 25 minutes until lightly browned.

When cool ice with
1 Tablespoon shortening
1 T. cherry juice
1 T. water
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
Melt shortening, add juice and water, beat in salt and powdered sugar until smooth, spread on top of cookies.