Hey, my Oma (grandmother) gave me a ton of recipes from a Croatian cookbook she had and i'm going to post a few of them and try a couple. One that caught my interest as I look through them was the one called "Cherry Snow Balls", sounds yummy! Here try it for yourself :)
1 cup butter
1/4 cup icing sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup almonds, chopped (although it didn't say "optional" I think it could be)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 lb. candied cherries (red and green mix) (and yes i had to look up if there were any other colors, i think there might be yellow ;)
Cream the butter with the sugar until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients except cherries, mixing well with your hands. Flatten a small amount of dough in the palm of your hand. Place one cherry in center of dough and cover by pinching dough up and around it. Roll until smooth. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees F
for 30-35 minutes (slightly brown on bottom). While still warm, roll in granulated sugar.
Makes 3 dozen.
Yummy yum yum, have fun! (I wonder if these would be good on ice cream) ;)
