1/2 c Margarine

2 ts Baking powder

3 oz Cream cheese

1 ts Soda

1 ts Vanilla

1/2 ts Salt

1 c Sugar

1 cn Crushed pineapple; drain

2 Eggs

1/2 c Maraschino cherries; drain

2 1/4 c All purpose flour

1/2 c Chopped nuts

Blend together margarine, cream cheese and vanilla; add sugar and mix well. Add eggs, one at at time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients; mix thorougly. Stir in pineapple, cherries, and nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto three accordian pleated pans.* Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. To remove cookies easily, pull end of foil until cookies pop off. *To make each pan, cut four 2 foot lengths of foil. Accordian pleat in 1 inch fold and place on a cookie sheet.

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