Cherry Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 jars of cherries
1 c oleo
1/2 c sifted powdered sugar
2 c sifted flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Drain cherries from juice (save juice).
Set aside.
Mix oleo, powdered sugar, flour, salt and vanilla together.
Add enough water to get the mixture the texture of a pie crust.
Make little balls and flatten in hand.
Roll 1/2 of a cherry inside dough. Bake at 350\u00b0 until light brown (approx 10-12 minutes). After they cool, roll into icing mixture (recipe follows) completely covering the balls.
Place on wax paper to dry.
Makes 5 dozen, depending on size.