COOKIES & TREATS/ DAD'S CHERRY COOKIES

                     BY W.T. RICKETTS & JOAN RICKETTS LOCKE

Ingredients:

2/3 cup butter

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

4 tsp. milk

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup chopped candied cherries

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.

Add egg, beat till light and fluffy

Stir in milk.  Sift dry ingredients and 

blend into creamed mixture.  Fold

in chopped cherries.

Drop by tsp. onto greased cookie sheet.

If desired, flatten slightly with fork (or they

will be puffy).  Top each cookie with half

a candied cherry.  Bake on middle oven rack

at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.  Cookie

is done when bottom is lightly browned.  Cookie

will firm up when cooled.

"Every two weeks since Mom passed away, I've

tried to visit Dad for the weekend.  He'd always

ask me to make sugar cookies.  Dad loves cherries

so we decided to create a Cherry cookie using the

basic sugar cookie recipe.  Dad helped to create 

this recipe and we made changes until we, as he says:

"achieved perfection."