Melt-in-your-Mouth Shortbread Cookies

Difficulty: easy Prep Time: Five Minutes Total Time: 30 Minutes or Less
1 cup butter
1 1⁄2 cups flour
1⁄2 cup icing sugar
18 maraschino cherries, cut in half

Combine all ingredients except cherries; beat for a full 10 min. Drop from teaspoon onto cookie sheet. Decorate with maraschino cherry halves. Bake for about 14-17 min. at 325ºF until bottoms are lightly browned (keep checking during baking). Makes 36 small cookies.