Cherry Surprise Cookies for St. Val or St. Pat

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 12 cup powdered sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 18 teaspoon salt
• 2 12 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained well, reserving juice
• 1 12 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• reserved cherry juice
• chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar together; add egg yolks and blend well.
3. Add flour, salt, and allmond extract, mixing well.
4. Flatten pieces of dough in your cupped hand with your fingertips.
5. Insert a well-drained cherry (no stem) and mold dough around it being sure to completely cover the cherry.
6. Place on baking sheet.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
8. Cool and frost tops with Pink Cherry Frosting.
9. To make frosting: Mix powdered sugar and butter with enough of the reserved cherry juice to make a spreading consistency.
10. .
11. Sprinkle each cookie with chopped wallnuts.

butter, powdered sugar, egg yolks, flour, salt, almond, maraschino cherries, butter, powdered sugar, cherry juice, walnuts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cherry-surprise-cookies-for-st-val-or-st-pat-158409 (may not work)