Bon Bon Cookies

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 drops food coloring, if desired
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• candied cherries or maraschino cherry
• glaze (below) or chocolate glaze (below)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla and food coloring. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk).
2. For each cookie, shape dough by tablespoonful around date, nut, chocolate chips or cherry to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until set but not brown, 12 to 15 minutes; cool.
3. Dip tops of cookies into glaze. Decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, chocolate chips or chocolate shot, if desired.
4. Glaze: beat 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and of desired consistency. Tint parts of glaze with different food colors if desired.
5. Chocolate glaze: beat 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and of desired consistency.
6. Chocolate bonbon cookies: omit food color. Stir 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) into margarine mixture.

powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla, coloring, flour, salt, candied cherries, chocolate glaze

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bon-bon-cookies-335290 (may not work)