Merry Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 egg yolks, well beaten
• 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 16 maraschino cherries
• pecans, finely chopped
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, gradually adding sugars until thoroughly creamed.
• 2 mix in egg yolks, cherry juice and flour which has been sifted with baking powder.
• 3 fold in egg whites.
• 4 grease small muffin tins (1/2 inch) and sprinkle bottom with finely chopped pecans.
• 5 put 1 teaspoon dough in each, place cherry on top.
• 6 add another teaspoon full of dough and sprinkle top with pecans.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• 8 remove from muffin tins and roll in confectioner's sugar while still warm.