Icebox Cherry Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups AP flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking Soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup butter (or hard margarine works equally well)I used margarine

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup glacé cherries

1/4 cup mini chocolate chips ( optional)

Directions:

Mix first four ingredients in medium bowl and set aside.  In a separate bowl cream the butter and sugar together…mix in the eggs and vanilla.  Add the creamed mixture into the dry mixture in first bowl.  Mix in the cherries.  Divide into two and roll into two logs.  Wrap each in wax paper and then in plastic wrap.  Refrigerate for at least three hours, or store in freezer until ready to back.  Frozen dough is ready to slice within 5-10 minutes of thawing.  Preheat oven to 375F, slice 1/4” thick slices and set on cookie sheet with 2 inches between cookies.  These will spread some.  Bake for around 12 minutes or until some of the cookies begin to get a bit golden on the edges.  Let them sit 5-6 minutes on the sheets before removing cookies to a cooling rack.

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