Baking My Way: Cherry Chocolate Kisses

These are some tasty cookies! As you can see, they went quickly! I highly suggest them and they're pretty easy to make too!

1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter
2 teasp. maraschino cherry juice
1/2 teasp. almond extract
few drops red food coloring
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teasp salt
1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
approx 48 extra large chocolate chips or 48 chocolate kisses

•  combine sugar, butter, cherry juice, almond extract, and the food coloring. blend well
• lightly spoon flour into measuring cup. mix in the salt
• mix flour mixture with the butter mixture
• add cherries
• shape into 1'' balls. place 2'' apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet
• bake at 350' for 8-10 mins
• immediately after baking top each cookie with a kiss. press down firmly.. remove from cookie sheets