Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar.
- Cut in shortening.
- Add eggs and milk.
- “Fill” (*see grandkid note below) and bake at 400 F for 10 minutes.

Grandkid Note
This recipe is mysteriously mum on a key ingredient – cherries.
How do you make a cherry filled cookie without cherries? How does one “fill” a cookie with cherries? As with several of these recipes, you’re invited to dive in a give it a try. Report back and we’ll update the site!
Jessica
