Chocolate Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 Tbsp. butter, softened
2 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp. milk
1/4 tsp. vanilla
about 48 maraschino cherries with stems
1 (12 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 Tbsp. shortening

Preparation

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Blend in milk and vanilla.
Chill mixture for 2 hours or until firm. Drain cherries;
dry
on
paper
towels.
Place bowl of sugar mixture in
a
bowl
of ice to keep mixture chilled.
Shape a small amount
of
sugar mixture around each cherry.
Place on waxed paper
lined cookie sheet; chill about 2 hours or until firm. Melt
chocolate and shortening in top of double boiler. Dip
each cherry
by
stem
into chocolate.
Place on a waxed paper lined cookie sheet; chill until firm.
Store cherries in a cool place. Yield: about 4 dozen.