Cream shortening and cheese together. Add sugar, egg and extract; mix thoroughly.
Sift dry ingredients together and stir into creamed mixture. Chill dough.
Divide dough into 48 pieces. Press each piece into a cup of a mini-muffin pan, press down in the middle and up on the sides to cover the entire cup with a well in the center.
Drop a small teaspoon of blueberry jam into each cookie cup.
Top with a cherry. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until cookie just starts to turn brown.