Frosted Cherry Drops

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package pillsbury plus cake mix
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons cherry juice
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry, finely chopped
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon cherry juice
• 2 -3 tablespoons half-and-half or 2 -3 tablespoons milk
• maraschino cherry, cut into fourths

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in large bowl, combine all ingredients except cherries; stir until well blended.
• 3 fold in cherries.
• 4 drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• 6 cool for 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
• 7 cool completely.
• 8 frosting:.
• 9 in small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients except cherries, adding enough half-and-half for desired spreading consistency.
• 10 frost cooled cookies; top each with one-fourth maraschino cherry.