1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp vanilla extract
36 candied cherries
Powdered sugar

Cream butter and 1/4 cup sugar, beating well at medium speed with an electric mixer. Add flour, pecans and vanilla; mix until well blended. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press a cherry in center of each cookie. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool slightly. Roll cookies in powdered sugar and cool completely on wire racks.