Cherry Drop Cookies

1 (18.25 ounce) box Duncan Hines Cherry
    Supreme Deluxe cake mix
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons water
2 eggs
Few drops red food coloring, if desired
1 cup chopped nuts
Quartered maraschino cherries

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Blend cake mix, oil, water, eggs and food coloring, if desired. Stir in nuts. Drop from a teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Top each cookie with a quarter of a maraschino cherry. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for about 1 minute, then remove to rack to finish cooling.

Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies.