Ingredients 

• 1/2 cup Butter 
• 3/4 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• A few drops vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup roughly ground pea nuts for mixing
• 3/4 cup roughly ground peanuts for coating

• Sieve flour with baking powder twice. 
• Cream butter and sugar. Then add eggs together beat till fluffy. 
• Gradually add flour then the peanuts. 
• Add vanilla essence. Knead the dough lightly with hands. 
• If too soft keep it in the fridge to become hard. 
• Make small lemon size balls. Then roll them in peanuts and decorate each with a cherry half on top. 
• Place the balls on a back of greased tray. 
• Bake for 25 to 40 mins at 200C or 350F or gas mark 4 or 5. 
• If you are using jam for decoration 15 mins before taking out from the oven put a little jam on top of the cookies and bake.