Step 1

Line a small bowl with paper towel and place cherries inside to drain.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 3

Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl. Add egg, milk, and vanilla, and mix to combine. Once combined, beat for 30 seconds.

Step 4

Add salt and baking powder, and mix well. Then add the flour, and stir slowly until combined.

Step 5

Scoop out cookies and drop onto cookie sheet.

Step 6

Pick up a dough mound and carefully flatten into 2" disc.

Step 7

Place a cherry in the center and fold edges up around it. Crimp and seal, then roll until nicely rounded.

Step 8

Place on cookie sheet, and repeat for each mound. Place on two cookie sheets.

Step 9

If dipping them in sugar, do so now.

Step 10

Bake at 350 degrees 12-15 minutes until lightly golden around the edge and the outside is starting to crack.

Step 11

Cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Step 12

Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to a week.