Cashew and Cherry Star Cookies

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Ingredients

• Maida\ All purpose flour
• Baking Powder 1/4 tsp
• Powdered sugar 1/2 cup
• Butter 1/2 cup
• Egg 1
• Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
• Cardamom powder 1 tsp
• Preserved cherries 1/2 cup
• Broken Cashews

Method:

1. Mix together All purpose flour and baking powder. Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy
2. Beat in egg and vanilla essence ( You can add Cardamom instead or but both). Add it to the butter mixture. Put the above butter mixture in the all purpose flour\ maida.  
3. Cut the cherry preserves in small pieces and make sure that the cashew pieces are also broken 
4. Add the Cherry Preserves and cashews to the mixture and knead it into a dough. If  the dough is soft refrigerate it for an hour. 
5. Preheat the Oven to 170 Degree C or 350 Degree F  
6. Divide the dough into two parts and then roll it to 1/2 inch thick. Use the Star cookie cutter to create the shape. 
7. Keep the stars on the cookie tray with the cookie sheet.
8. Keep it on Bake for 15mins.
9. You can have them when it's cool.