Spumoni Cookies

Directions

1. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and Large eggs. Stir in flour and salt. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Mix nuts and food coloring in one part. Mix chocolate into 1 part; mix cherries into remaining part. Line bottom and ends of loaf pan (9x5x3) with aluminum foil, allowing ends of foil to extend 5-inches over each end of pan. Pless nut dough proportionately in bottom of pan. Press chocolate dough on top of nut dough. Press cherry dough on top of chocolate dough. Cover dough with extended ends of foil. Chill at least 2 hrs but no longer than six weeks. Heat oven to 375 F. Remove foil & dough from pan; remeove foil. Cut dough crosswise into 1/4-inch slices; cut each slice into half. Place about 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake cookies till set, about 10 min. Immediately remove from cookie sheet.