Cherry cookies

I always had Interest to bake. But quite afraid to get into Baking as oven which I have no proper temperature settings and I have to guess the temperature. Any way I finally got into Baking after I got a proper oven to bake.. And yes my cherry cookies were the first thing i baked the result was awesomeand I loved it.. Very tasty and everyone will definitely enjoy this. Do try  this if.

Ingredients:

• All purpose  flour /maida -1 cup 
• Butter - little less than1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1/4 cup+ 2 tbsp
• Cherry - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
• Baking powder-1/8 tsp
• Orange zest- 2 tsp
• Vanilla essence -3/4 tsp
• Salt - A pinch

Method:

• Keep the butter in room temperature. Beat it using a Whisk or hand blender until it is soft.
• Add powdered sugar, orange zest and vanilla essence and salt. Beat it untill it looks creamy.
• Now mix flour, Baking powder and sieve them. Add this to the butter mixture.
• Mix them well so that they hold in shape. ( add 1 or 2 tbsp of flour if the mixture is little gooey).
• Finally add the chopped cherry and mix them.Don't over mix .
• Bring it into a shape of  a log and cover them with cling wrap and refrigerate it for about an hour.
• Now unwarp the cling and cut the log into discs not too thin not too thick.
• Place them on Baking tray lined with Baking sheet or silver foil arrange them such that there is enough gap between the cookies.
• Pre heat the oven to 180 degree  C and bake them for 15 mins or until the edges of the cookies turn  golden in colour.
• Once done they may be soft but becomes crisp once it is completely cooled down.

Notes:

• Pre heating  the oven is important.
• Leave enough gap between cookies as they will stick to each other while Baking. 
• You can replace tutti frutti instead of cherry.
• You can omit orange zest.
• You can add just 1 or 2 tbsp flour if mixture is gooey not more than that as it may affect the texture of the cookies.