Phyllis' Infamous Bon Bon Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square, melted
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 24 maraschino cherries
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 mix the butter (or you can use margarine), sugar, vanilla and chocolate.
• 3 add the flour and salt.
• 4 if the dough is dry, add 1-2 teaspoons of milk.
• 5 wrap 1 level tablespoon of dough around the cherry (other fillings that you can use are: pitted dates, nuts or chocolate pieces).
• 6 bake 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes.
• 7 allow to cool and dip the tops in the icing (the ingredients for the icing is as follows: 1 cup confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla and melted square of chocolate).