Cream the margarine and icing sugar together until fluffy
Beat in the rest of the ingredients apart from the cherries and caster sugar
Mix well then take tablespoons of the dough and flatten out a little bit in your palm
Put a cherry in each circle then pinch the dough up and around the cherry so it's encased
Roll into balls and put onto a baking sheet
Chill in the fridge on the baking sheet for 30 minutes
Meanwhile preheat the oven to gas 3 / 160C / 325F
Bake the cookies for 30 - 35 minutes
Roll the balls in the sugar while they're warm. I recommend using icing sugar over superfine sugar
Let cool on a wire rack then keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days
The ground nuts can be replaced with extra flour. Add a bit more vanilla though as the nuts impart good flavour
