Chocolate Covered Cherries
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoon butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cup powered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 48 cherries (stems attached)
- 1 12-ounce pkg semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- 1 tablespoon shortening
Instructions
Cream butter, gradually add sugar, blend well, add milk and vanilla. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Drain cherries and dry thoroughly. Pinch off about 1/2 teaspoon of the butter-sugar mixture and form around each cherry. Chill until firm. Melt chocolate and shortening. Dip each cherry by the stem until well coated. Chill on waxed paper.