Cherry, Nut Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

125 g butter, room temperature
1/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup self-raising flour
125 g chopped mixed nuts
15 glace cherries, halved

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
Add the egg and the vanilla, beating well.
Sift the flour into the mixture and combine to form a soft dough.
Drop round teaspoonfuls of mixture into the nuts.
Roll in balls.
Place onto lined oven trays (allowing room for spreading) and press half a cherry on top of each biscuit.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
Allow to cool slightly before removing biscuits from their trays.