Everyone loved these. They are a bit more work than I expected. I chilled them overnight and they were fairly easy to roll out - just like sugar cookies.

The cream cheese/maraschino cherry filling is delicious in this recipe-- perfect blend of sweet and just a little tangy. However, I had a HORRIBLE time trying to get this dough to cooperate. Even though I chilled it for the recommended time, it didn't want to roll or "bend." Even gently trying to lift the corners to fold them toward the center made the dough crumble. My windmills ended up looking a bit pieced together and ramshackled, but the combination of cherry, cream cheese and almond is worth at least four stars all by itself.

This dough is too, too wet. It is imposible to work with, even ater it sat o 4 hours.

yum! made these for a cookie swap at my mom's house -- no one believed i made these, they looked so perfect and unique! instead of cherries i used blueberry fie filling that i had in the fridge. the blueberry w/creamcheese was HEAVENLY!! the sugar cookie was a little bland -- i might add a smidge more sugar next time. i also made a glaze to add a more finished look to these cookies. if i brushed on some egg white BEFORE putting them in the oven at all the tops became golden [my mom liked this look] but when i put them in for 8 min, took them out and glazed them, then put them back into the oven for 2 more minutes they came out clearly glazed [i like this affect better]. i hope an event comes up so i can make these again!

These are awesome!! They are really not that difficult to make, but they look awesome. I sprinkled a little powdered sugar on top to give it a little more pizzaz and it was a nice touch. Just make sure you don't use too much flour when you roll them out as it makes the dough crumbly and difficult to fold up to make the windmill.