Old Fashioned Holiday Almond Ring - Steve Does Food

Ingredients

• 2 pkg active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup shortening (butter or margarine, softened)
• 4 1/2 – 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 12 oz can SOLO almond filling
• Confectioner's Sugar
• Milk
• 8 Half Cherries (Marischino or Candied)
• Sliced Almonds