1 c Unsalted butter (room temp.) 1/4 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Icing sugar 1/4 ts Salt
2 c All purpose flour* Slivers of glaced cherries
* 1 3/4 c if measured before sifting
Cream butter and sugar together until silky. Add sifted dry
ingredients and mix until blended, but just.
Turn out on a lightly floured pastry cloth, & with lightly floured
hands, gather into one lump. (This may appear sloppy & maybe
hopeless. As in pastry, you will go wrong if you are too heavy
handed or afraid of it!) Toss it just a bit to get it to lump and pat
out into a square about 1/3 inch thick; square off your edges with a
large knife or spatula, smooth with a stocking rolling pin and cut
into 1 inch squares. Place slightly apart on ungreased cookie sheet
with a sliver of cherry on each. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18
minutes. They should be just pale brown on bottom. WATCH IT, THEY
BURN VERY EASILY. Remove gently please, they are still having birth
pangs; place to cool on trays covered with waxed paper. Store in
cans, they keep for weeks in a cool place, and their flavour mellows.
Note: Measurements are US.
Yields
1 batch