Cream butter. add sugar & beat until light & fluffy. Thoroughly beat in cheese: add egg. vanilla & lemon extracts. Mix flour with soda & salt. Blend in all flour but ½ cup. Put chopped cherries & raisins in remaining flour to coat & then add to mixture. Drop by tsp. 2 inches apart on greased cooky sheets: put candied cherry halve in center of each cookie. Bake in 375 oven for 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack to cool.
2 Makes 3 dozen.