Chocolate Cherry Kisses

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 18 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons marachino cherry liquid, halved
• 14 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 14 cups all-purpose flour
• 12 cup chopped maraschino cherry
• granulated sugar
• 48 chocolate Hershey chocolate kisses

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Beat butter about 30 seconds, add powdered sugar and salt; beat until combined.
3. Beat in 2 teaspoons cherry liquid and almond extract.
4. Beat in flour.
5. Stir in cherries.
6. Shape dough into 1 inches balls.
7. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Dip a glass into the cherry liquid, then into granulated sugar and flatten the cookie.
9. Bake about 14 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
10. If desired, press a chocolate kiss onto the top of each cookie.
11. Cool on wire rack.

butter, powdered sugar, salt, cherry liquid, almond, flour, maraschino cherry, sugar, chocolate

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-cherry-kisses-396582 (may not work)