1/2 lb. butter
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 c. flour
Dash of salt
Maraschino cherries

Mix all ingredients but cherries together in mixing bowl. Take a little piece of dough, put a cherry in the middle of dough. Add another piece of dough on top and roll into ball. Put on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes (check sooner). Ice when cool. Makes about 3 dozen.

ICING:

1 c. powdered sugar
Cherry juice (to color icing as pink as you like)
2 tbsp. butter

Ice tops of cookies.