Chocolate-Covered Cherries

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Title: Chocolate-Covered Cherries
Categories: Candies
Yield: 21 servings

1/4 c Plus 2 tb butter; softened
2 1/2 c Powdered sugar; sifted
1 1/2 ts Milk
1/4 ts Vanilla extract
About
42 Maraschino cherries with
-stems
12 oz Semisweet chocolate morsels
1 tb Shortening

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:30
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Blend in
milk and vanilla. Chill mixture 2 hours or until firm.
Drain cherries, and dry thoroughly on paper towels. Place
bowl of sugar mixture in a bowl of ice to keep mixture
chilled. Shape a small amount of sugar mixture around each
cherry. Place on wax paper-lined baking sheet; chill about
2 hours or until firm. Combine chocolate morsels and
shortening in top of a double boiler; bring water to a
boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Dip
each cherry by the stem into chocolate. Place on a wax
paper-lined baking sheet; chill until firm. Store in a
cool place. Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.

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