½ cup shortening
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
2 ¼ cup flour
Cream butter, shortening and sugar well. Add egg and almond extract and mix well. Add flour mixing well. Shape into small balls. Press into each ½ or 1 whole maraschino cherry. Bake on greased cookie sheets 350 to 375 degrees for about 10 minutes.
Makes about 6 - 7 dozen cookies 1x
Cookie Category: Molded or Shaped
Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Find it online: https://www.cookiesbybess.com/cherry-cookies/