Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 36 maraschino cherries, halved

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Instructions

1. Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Separate the egg and add the egg yolk and vanilla; mix well. Add flour and mix well.
2. Form dough into balls. Place balls on a cookie sheet, and press each down with a fork. Place half a cherry or a dollop of jam in the center of each cookie.
3. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove and cool.