Cherry Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

Butter 1 cup

Sugar 1 cup

Brown sugar 1 cup

Eggs 2

Almond extract ¾ teaspoon

All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

Baking powder 1 teaspoon

Salt 1 teaspoon

Coconut crushed 2 ½ cups

Almonds ¾ cup chopped

Cherries 16 ounces drained and halved

Directions:

Mix butter and sugar, and beat them until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and continuously beating. Add all other ingredients one by one and beat them. In the end stir in coconut and almonds mix with a spoon. Drop by rounded 2 inch cookies on a greased baking tray. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks and serve them.