Chocolate Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. confectioners sugar
1/3 c. margarine, softened
2 Tbsp. milk
20 oz. jar maraschino cherries, drained (with stems)
1/2 lb. melting chocolate

Preparation

Cream together sugar, margarine and milk until smooth.
Chill until firm.
Place 1 teaspoon mixture in palm of hand.
Gently pat and form an even layer large enough to cover a cherry.
Place cherry (with stem) in center and mold mixture to cover cherry. Place on foil-lined cookie sheet.
Repeat with remaining cherries. Chill until firm.
Melt chocolate in double-boiler.
Holding cherry by stem, dip into melted chocolate.
Cool on foil sheet.
Remove stem and cover with a dot of chocolate.