Ingredients

The following ingredients have 48 Servings
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 oz cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 jar blueberry preserves
  • 1 jar Maraschino cherries

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Cream shortening and cheese together. Add sugar, egg and extract; mix thoroughly.
  • Sift dry ingredients together and stir into creamed mixture. Chill dough.
  • Divide dough into 48 pieces. Press each piece into a cup of a mini-muffin pan, press down in the middle and up on the sides to cover the entire cup with a well in the center.
  • Drop a small teaspoon of blueberry jam into each cookie cup.
  • Top with a cherry. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until cookie just starts to turn brown.