Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• Red and green candied cherries

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix well. combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture. Add extract. Using a cookie press fitted with a star-shaped disk, form dough into long ropes. Cut into 3 1/4 inch pieces; shape into wreaths. Decorate with cherries.
2. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes cool on wire racks.

3. makes 6-7 dozen

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