SLICE AND BAKE CHOCOLATE CHERRY BUTTER COOKIES
Recipe By :Workbasket December 1971
Sent by: Deidre Dee Cox
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup chopped candied cherries
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 square unsweetened chocolate -- (1 oz) melted
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cream butter; add sugar a small amount at a time and cream well after
each
addition. Add egg and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Blend in dry
ingredients.
Divide dough into two equal portions. To one half of dough mix in
cherries;
to the second half add pecans and chocolate. Chill dough until each
portion
can be shaped into 2 rolls, 12 inches long. Wrap in waxed paper. Chill
until
firm.
Cut into 1/4 inch slices.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375, 10 minutes or until lightly
browned.
Makes 8 dozen.
SOURCE:
Workbasket December, 1971
