Cherry Crowns Cookies

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Ingredients For Cherry Crowns Cookies: Butter, Cream Cheese, Sugar, Egg, Almond Extract, Flour, Almonds & Candied Cherries.

Please note that the recipe calls for candied cherries; not maraschino cherries. Right mouse click the photo above to link to a french company named Les Fleurons d'Apt. They process many types of candied fruits & share their history and how candied fruits are made.

Italian Anice Or Lemon Drop Cookies

Memere first learned how to make these soft & delicious cookies in 1971. I Saw the photo below on a fellow blogger's spot & the cookies look exactly like those that the older Italian ladies' taught Memere to make. The Italian ladies produced hundreds of these gems in a cramped 3rd floor kitchen preparing for a wedding. There were trays of cookies on every level surface available. I can still smell the fresh ingredients & hear the clattering of dishes. WHAT A SIGHT! Everyone was so busy making cookies no one thought of taking pictures.

Click on the photo above to go to Amanda's Blog for a similar recipe.

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Ingredients For Italian Anice Or Lemon Drop Cookies: Eggs, Sugar, Flour, Baking Powder, Spry, Crisco, Flavoring.