Punch Bowl Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.5 pound butter 
• 14  candied cherries as needed halved
• 2  egg yolks 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
2. Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl until creamy and smooth; scoop by teaspoonful onto the prepared baking sheet. Make an indentation in the center of each portion and insert a cherry half.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown, about 12 minutes.