Chocolate Covered Cherries

• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 2 1/2 c. 10x sugar
• 1 Tbsp. milk, evaporated
• 1 (12 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate pieces
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 2 (10 oz.) jars stemmed maraschino cherries, drained
• 2 Tbsp. shortening

1. Line
2. baking
3. sheet
4. with
5. waxed
6. paper.
7. In small bowl, cream butter, 10x sugar, milk and almond extract.
8. (If mixture is
9. too soft,
10. add more sugar.) On a surface lightly sprinkled with 10x sugar, knead mixture into a ball.
11. Using 1 teaspoon of mixture, shape
12. into a ball.
13. Indent with thumb.
14. Place cherry in indention
15. and
16. cover
17. cherry
18. with
19. mixture.
20. (Leave
21. stem exposed.) Place on baking sheet.
22. Cover loosely and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
23. Place the chocolate and shortening in a 2 cup glass measuring cup.
24. Microwave on Medium 3 to 5 minutes, stirring once a minute until smooth.
25. Holding cherry stem, dip into chocolate,tover cherry completely and 1/8 inch up stem. Shake off
26. excess.
27. Place
28. on
29. waxed paper lined tray.
30. Repeat using all
31. the
32. cherries.
33. Refrigerate
34. 15
35. minutes
36. to
37. set. Refrigerate,
38. covered
39. if
40. not
41. serving
42. soon.
43. Makes
44. 3
45. dozen candies.

butter, sugar, milk, semisweet chocolate pieces, almond extract, maraschino cherries, shortening

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=718919 (may not work)