Cherry Button Christmas Cookies

A tasty cookie that melts in your mouth.  Each little button cookie has a candied cherry in the middle. 

A little bit of joy and happiness is the only way to describe this tasty buttery cookie bites. 

Put them in a little glass bowl and see how beautiful they look on your table.  The sweet cherry center has a crunch when you bite into it. 

A mouthful of pleasure.               

Ingredients: 
Butter-3/4 cup, softened. 
Sugar-1 3/4 cups. 
Eggs-2 slightly beaten. 
Flour-3 cups. 
Pure Vanilla Extract-1 teaspoons. 
Baking Powder-2 teaspoons. 
Salt-1/4 teaspoon. 
Candied Cherry Halves-48.                        

 Instructions: 
Place the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl.  Cream until fluffy.  Add in the eggs one at a time until each is incorporated.  Add in the vanilla extract.  Mix.  Add in all the other ingredients except the Candied Cherries.  Place rounded teaspoon fulls of the cookie batter on a greased cookie sheet.  Press the cherry half into the center of the dough with the round part of the cherry facing up.  Bake at 375F degrees for 10 minutes.  Remove and allow to cool for a few minutes.  Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely