Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter or a combination of butter and margarine, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 ounces candied green cherries, chopped
• 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• Lightly beaten egg white

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light, about 2 minutes.
2. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Whisk together flour, baking
3. powder, and salt. Blend into batter. Gather dough together and knead
4. into a workable ball. Divide it into 3 equal pieces.
5. Stir cherries into 1/3 of the dough. Blend melted chocolate and nuts into remaining portions of dough.
6. On a lightly floured board or pastry cloth, shape the green cherry
7. dough into a narrow rectangle about 18 inches long. Shape each half of
8. the chocolate dough into a similar-size piece. Brush the cherry dough
9. on both sides with the egg white. Place cherry dough atop one of the
10. chocolate pieces, then layer the other chocolate portion on top of the
11. cherry dough. Press together gently. You should have a log of dough
12. with chocolate on the top and bottom and cherry dough in the middle.
13. Wrap dough in aluminum foil or plastic wrap and shape into an even,
14. squared log. Refrigerate for at least 2 to 4 hours, until
15. very firm.
16. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease or spray cookie sheets.
17. Remove dough from refrigerator. Cut into 1/4-inch slices with a serrated knife or a sharp knife.
18. Transfer to cookie sheets. Bake in the center of the oven for about 10
19. minutes, or until cookies are set and beginning to turn golden on the
20. bottom.
21. Let stand on cookie sheets for 2 to 3 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool.