Chocolate Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. powdered sugar
1/4 lb. butter
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1/2 c. finely chopped coconut
1/2 c. finely chopped nutmeats
1 large pkg. chocolate chips
1 cake paraffin (like used for canning jelly)

Preparation

Mix the first 5 ingredients together well and put in refrigerator for at least 12 hours for chilling.
Place this dough around cherries and again return to the refrigerator.
Melt the chocolate chips and paraffin in top of double boiler.
Dip candy with toothpick into the chocolate; shake off excess and cool. Makes about 5 dozen.
This is very rich.
May also use pecans or almonds instead of cherries.