Cream Cheese Dainties - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 (3 oz.) pkg. softened cream cheese
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
cherries
1 1/2 c. crisp rice cereal, coarsely crushed

Preparation

Cream together butter, cream cheese, almond extract and sugar. Sift dry ingredients together.
Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture and mix until
just combined.
Chill 1 to 2 hours.
Shape into 1-inch balls.
Roll in crisp rice cereal coarsely crushed. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Top each with half a cherry. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.