Mint Cream Cheese Cookies
1/2 cup butter or oleo
1 3 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
few drops peppermint extract
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup flaked coconut
Red or Green maraschino cherries, halved
Cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar and peppermint until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, powder and salt throughl: stir into creamed mixture till combined. Chill 2 hrs. Shape into 1" balls, roll each in coconut.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Top each with a halved cherry. Bake at 350 12-15 min. cool on racks