Empire Cookies.

Ingredients of Empire Cookies
- You need 3/4 cup of room temperature butter or margarine.
- It’s 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 2 of eggs.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla.
- It’s 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/4 of salt.
- It’s of filling and frosting.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of raspberry or apricot jam.
- It’s 1 1/2 cups of icing sugar, sifted.
- You need 1/4 tsp of almod extract.
- Prepare 1 1/2-2 tsp of hot water.
- You need of Candied cherry pieces to decorate.