Cherry Nut Cookies

This is a family favorite that my dad's mother made, and my mom continued. It is such a simple cookie with very few ingredients that comes together quickly, but its very tasty and pretty, and it makes a wonderful addition to a Christmas cookie tray! (Didn't my husband and boys do well while I was sewing?)

Cream together until light and fluffy:

• 1 c. butter
• 2/3 c. firmly packed brown sugar (sucanat)

Add and mix thoroughly:

• 1 egg

Stir in:

• 1 tsp vanilla

In a separate bowl, stir together

• 2 1/4 c. flour (I use white whole wheat)
• 1/2 tsp salt

Add 1 c. flour to butter mixture and stir until smooth. Add enough more lfour to make a moderately stiff dough.

Mix until well blended. Shape dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll in:

• 1 c. chopped nuts.

Place on ungreased baking sheet. Press thumb into balls to make depression in center of each. Bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. Fill depress in cookies with:

• halved candied cherries, cut side down.

Makes about 6 dozen (really) small cookies (I've never gotten that many).

Grandmother noted on the card: VERY GOOD