Norwegian Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon almond extract 
• 1 cup butter 
• 1  eggs beaten
• 2 cups flour 
• 21  maraschino cherries 
• 1 cup sugar 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.2
2. Add egg and mix well.3 Stir in flour and almond extract.4 Chill dough 1-2 hours.5 Make balls the size of small walnuts.6 Flatten balls on cookie sheet with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.7 Press a ½ of a cherry onto each cookie.8
3. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes until edges are light brown.9 Do not over bake.10 You can sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.