1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 jar maraschino cherries, drained
Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Cream butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla until mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly blend in the flour.
For each cookie, shape one level tablespoon of dough around a cherry. Form each cookie into a ball and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart, bake 15 minutes.
with out eggs .