Chocolate Covered Cherries Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter/Margarine | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), softened | |
| Powdered sugar | 2 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), sifted | |
| Milk | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Vanilla extract | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Almond extract | 1/8 Teaspoon | |
| About 42 maraschino cherries with stems | ||
| Semisweet chocolate morsels - 1 package (6-ounce) | ||
| Milk chocolate bar - 1/2 (8-ounce), broken into pieces | ||
| Shortening | 1 Tablespoon | |
Directions
MAKING
1. In a bowl, using a hand blender, cream butter; gradually add sugar, whisking well.
2. Add in milk, vanilla and almond extracts.
3. Through a sieve, drain cherries; dry on absorbent paper towels.
4. With your hands, Shape a small amount of sugar mixture around each cherry.
5. Keep them on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet; chill 2 hours or until firm.
6. In top of a double boiler, melt the chocolates with shortening.
7. Dip each cherry by the stem into chocolate.
8. Keep the chocolate dipped cherries, on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet; chill until firm.
SERVING
9. Serve right away or store in a cool place.
1. In a bowl, using a hand blender, cream butter; gradually add sugar, whisking well.
2. Add in milk, vanilla and almond extracts.
3. Through a sieve, drain cherries; dry on absorbent paper towels.
4. With your hands, Shape a small amount of sugar mixture around each cherry.
5. Keep them on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet; chill 2 hours or until firm.
6. In top of a double boiler, melt the chocolates with shortening.
7. Dip each cherry by the stem into chocolate.
8. Keep the chocolate dipped cherries, on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet; chill until firm.
SERVING
9. Serve right away or store in a cool place.
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