Christmas Cookie Day 11

BELLRINGER COOKIES
1 cup all purpose flour

¼ tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda

1/3 cup soft butter or margarine

1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp orange rind

2 tsp apricot nectar
1 tbsp maraschino cherry liquid

2 tsp soft butter or margarine

1 tbsp light brown sugar

½ cup finely minced nuts

Quartered maraschino cherries about 6.  Cream 2 tsp butter and brown sugar, stir n cherry liquid and nuts set aside cream 1/3 cup butter and sugar, stir in orange rind and nectar. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda. Stir into butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Make into 2 balls of dough. Roll out, one at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth to 1/8” thickness, Cut into 3” bells and place on ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon ½ tsp of nut cherry liquid mixture into center place a cherry quarter at wide end for clapper bake at 375 12 to 14 min until golden about 2 dozen cookies

You really need to watch these while baking so they don't get to brown.  I use margarine because that is what my mom used and afraid to mess with it.  I cut the cherries in half because I love them.  They really don't make 2 dozen.  I have not had good luck doubling this recipe.  I don't know if there is a trick to it but seems like my favorite recipe's are unforgiving when I try to double them.  I always use parchment paper. They are one of those cookies that can brake when you try to take them off. Also I always roll out my cookies in powdered sugar instead of flour. They will not get tough if you use sugar.