BonBon Cookies

By kawaibaby

Ingredients

• Fillings Suggestions:
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar (confectioners') sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Food coloring, if desired
• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 to 2 tablespoons cream (optional)
• Fillings (see below)
• Bon Bon Icing (see recipe below)
• Toppings (chopped nuts, coconut, colored sugar)
• Candied or Maraschino Cherries
• Pitted dates
• Nuts
• Chocolate Pieces
• Variations:
• Chocolate Bonbons: Make Bonbon Cookies except blend in 1 square (1-ounce)unsweetened chocolate, melted.
• Penuche Bonbons: Make Bonbon Cookies except use 1/2 cup firmly-packed brown sugar in place of confectioner’s sugar.
• Bon Bon Icing:
• 1 cup sifted powdered (confectioners) sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cream
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Red, green, or yellow food coloring, if desired.
• In a bowl, mix together powdered sugar, cream, vanilla extract, and food coloring (if desired).
• Icing Variation:
• Chocolate Bonbon Icing - Make Bon Bon Icing except add 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.), melted, and use 3 tablespoons cream.

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and food coloring thoroughly. Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting. Blend in flour and salt. Note: If dough is too dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons. cream.

To mold each cookie, wrap 1 level tablespoonful of dough around a filling suggested below. Place each cookie 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets and bake approximately 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from oven, carefully remove from cookie sheet, and let slightly cool on wire cooling racks (when warm the cookies are delicate).

Prepare Bon Bon Icing.

When the cookies are cooled but still warm, dip tops of each cookie in the Bon Bon Icing. Decorate each cookie with one of the toppings suggested above.