Chocolate Covered Cherries

By lschull

Ingredients

• 1 jar maraschino cherries with stems, drained well
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar (may need more)
• 1 12 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tbsp. shortening

Preparation

Step 1

Drain cherries, place on paper towels and pat well. Set aside.

Place sifted powdered sugar in bowl. Combine melted butter, milk, vanilla and salt. Pour over sugar and mix well. May need to use hands to form a stiff, not sticky, dough. Add more sugar if necessary to form dough.

Take a small amount of dough, flatten into a disc and form around each cherry. Pinch off any excess dough.

Place cherries on wax paper lined cookie sheets and refrigerate for one hour.

Melt chocolate chips and shortening over boiling water in double boiler. Dip cherries into chocolate, scraping off excess. Refrigerate until chocolate is hard.