325° 8-12 minutes
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ c light Karo syrup
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2½ cups unbleached flour
- candied cherries, red and green, halved*
- chopped walnuts (optional)
- Mix butter, sugar, stir in syrup, 2 egg yolks and flour.
- Cover with plastic wrap (pushing wrap down on top of dough and not over top of bowl) and chill thoroughly. Roll into 1/2” balls.
- Place on greased cookie sheet, flatten slightly with your palm and press cherries into centers.
- Bake 325° for 8-12 minutes, watching closely.
Variation: Dip in chocolate sprinkles and flatten, omit cherry.
Original recipe says to dip in beaten egg white and roll in walnuts and then add cherries.
Yield: 10 dozen
*check to see where pit was removed from cherry and cut lengthwise