Cherry Bon Bon Cookie

By libbymia_101

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter , softened
• 1/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 36 maraschino cherries (well drained, reserve juice)
• Frosting
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon evaporated milk
• 1 T maraschino juice
• 1 t vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Mix butter and sugar together to a creamy consistency, then add vanilla. Add flour and salt gradually, mix with a fork. Make a small ball with dough and fold a Maraschino cherry in the middle, completely covering cherry in dough.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes.

Cool cookies.

Make frosting, thoroughly mix together frosting ingredients.

Dip top of cookies into frosting and allow to dry.