50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cookies and Desserts -- Cherry Winks

50+ Friends Club Cookbook
Cookies and Desserts

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Cherry Winks

From the Kitchen of: Sylvia Andrew

2 1/4	C	Sifted flour
1	tsp	Baking powder
1/2	tsp	Baking soda
3/4	C	Soft butter or margarine
1	C	Sugar
2		Eggs
2	tbsp	Milk
1	tsp	Vanilla
1	C	Chopped walnuts
1	C	Finely cut, pitted dates
1/3	C	Finely cut maraschino cherries
2/3	C	Corn flake crumbs
18		Maraschino cherries, cut in quarters

Sift flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
Blend butter and sugar; add eggs and beat well. Stir in milk and vanilla.
Add sifted dry ingredients together with walnuts, dates and cut cherries; mix well.
Shape dough into balls, using 1 level tablespoon of dough for each. Roll balls in corn flake crumbs and place on greased baking sheet. Top each cookie with 1/4 maraschino cherry.
Bake in moderate oven (375) about 12 minutes or until lightly-browned.