Chocolate Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

60 maraschino cherries, with stems
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 lbs chocolate, for coating candy

Preparation

Drain cherries well; let stand on paper toweling.
Make fondant: Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt; stir in powdered sugar.
Knead until smooth.
Chill if too soft.
Shape a teaspoon of the fondant around each cherry.
Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.
In small heavy saucepan or deep bowl over pan of hot water, melt chocolate coating, stirring constantly.
Holding onto stems, dip fondant-covered cherries, one at a time, into melted chocolate.
Spoon mixture over cherries to coat.
Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
Place in refrigerator to harden.
Store in covered container in cool place.
Let ripen a week or two and fondant will begin to liquefy.
Makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.