Stir together flour, salt and baking powder;set aside. In a large mixingbowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs;beat well. Stirin milk and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture;thoroughly combine. Stir innuts, dates and one third cup chopped cherries.

Portion dough using a level measuring tablespoon. Shape into balls. Rollin crushed corn flakes. Place about 5 cm apart on greased baking sheets. Topeach cookie with a cherry quarter. Bake in a 375 degree oven about 10minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets andcool on wire racks.

A www.recipeland.com visitor said:I am now 63 years of age. I first had this cookies when I was dozen years old. A friend of mine invited me to her house and her mother was baking them and gave us one. Not until I was 23 years old did I find the recipe. They were called cherry winks at that time. Now they are called cherry cookies. I can't waite until I bake them and gift wrap them for Xmas to hand them out to my family and friends. Thank you so much for the receipe. My family and I will enjoy them for this Xmas and other days for the coming years. They are so wonderful.