Bánh Hoa Mai/Hoa Đào (Cherry/Plum Blossom Cookies)

Ingredients:
-100g butter
-100g sugar
-200g flour
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 egg (50g)
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/3 tsp baking soda
-food coloring
-maraschino cherries

What to Do:
Drain and dice cherries. Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add coloring (yellowing if making plum blossoms and pink if making cherry blossoms). Fill a cookie gun with dough and press cookies directly onto a baking sheet, add a cherry in the center. Bake at 400’F for 5 mins, reduce heat to 350’F and bake for another 5 mins.

Note:
If you do not own a cookie gun, use a pastry bag fitted with a drop flower tip.