1 cup butter
1 and 1 half cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
tiny bit of food coloring
3 cups flour
1 eighth teaspoon salt
Fillings: maraschino cherries, chocolate pieces, nuts
Icing:
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 and 1 half tablespoons cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
tiny bit of red, green, or yellow food coloring
Topping: colored sugars
Mix--with a mixer--butter, sugar, vanilla and food coloring.
Blend flour and salt in thoroughly.
If dough is dry, add about 1 to 2 tablespoons cream.
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
For each cookie, wrap 1 tablespoon dough around a filling and seal.
Bake 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet.
12 to 15 minutes, or until set, but not brown.
Cool.
Dip tops of cookies in icing.
Decorate with colored sugars.
Makes about 40 cookies.
Make these with love and care. Follow directions exactly and make them all uniform.