Cherry Flips

 Cherry Flips 

1 cup butter

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 egg

2 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt 

2 tsp almond flavouring 

30 maraschino cherries, drained (reserve juice)

Cream butter and sugar.  Add egg and beat until combined. Blend in flour and salt. Then add flavouring. Pinch off pieces of dough and press flat in your hand. Insert Cherry or half a Cherry and roll dough around it forming a ball. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 325 degrees for 25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven to a cooling rack. 

Combine icing sugar and reserved cherry juice to form a thick mixture. Dip cooled cookies in icing mixture and place on a cooling rack until icing is set.  

Makes 30 full size Cherry flips or 60 small if slicing cherries in half