Ribbon Cookies-Grandma2 cups butter or oleo
2 cups sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup candied cherries
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1/3 cup pecans
3 tablespoons poppy seeds
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Divide dough into 3 parts. Add cherries to 1 part, chocolate and pecans to another and poppy seeds to the third. Pat 1 part in large flat roll. Pan another part and place on first one. Place third dough on second. Cover with wax paper and refrigerate overnigh. Cut in 1/8 inch slices and bake at 375 degrees for 1 to 15 minutes.