Melt in Your Mouth Whipped Shortbread Cookies

This is a Great recipe and very easy to make.
Really festive melt in your mouth cookies.
Very easy to make. Use an ice cream scoop
to put the cookie dough on parchment paper.

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup red maraschino cherries, quartered
1/4 cup green maraschino cherries, quartered

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a stand mixing bowl, beat butter by itself for 5 minutes
until light and fluffy, add sugar and vanilla, beat another 5 minutes.
Add flour in 3 equal portions (1/2 Cup at a time)
beating for 2 minutes after additions,
and then 5 minutes after the last addition.
Spoon onto cookie sheets, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
Place a piece of maraschino cherry onto the middle of each cookie, alternating between red and green.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven,
or until the bottoms of the cookies are lightly browned.
Remove from oven, and let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes,
then transfer cookies on to wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container,
separating each layer with waxed paper.