Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 27 Cookies
Source: www.sweetspicykitchen.com
Category: Dessert

Ingredients
1 cup Flour
1⁄3 cup Powdered Sugar
2 1⁄2 tablespoons Cornstarch
2⁄3 cups Unsalted Butter (softented)
1⁄2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  pinch Salt
27 whole Maraschino Cherries

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put parchment paper in the baking pan and leave aside.
  2. In a medium sized dish combine flour and corn starch. Leave aside.
  3. In a large bowl mix butter and sugar using electric hand mixer at medium speed, until it becomes light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and pinch of salt and mix some more.
  4. Add flour and cornstarch. Mix at a lower speed for a few minutes to get a fine dough.
  5. Make balls of about 1 inch. Place them in the baking pan. Space cookies about 2 inches apart. Place Maraschino cherry on the top of each ball of dough and press with finger until 2/3 of the cherry is inside the ball.
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Transfer onto a cooling rack. Wait for them to cool down and enjoy.