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      Title: Chocolate-Covered Cherries
 Categories: Candies
      Yield: 21 servings
 
    1/4 c  Plus 2 tb butter; softened
  2 1/2 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
  1 1/2 ts Milk
    1/4 ts Vanilla extract
           About
     42    Maraschino cherries with
           -stems
     12 oz Semisweet chocolate morsels
      1 tb Shortening
 
  Recipe by: Southern Living
  Preparation Time: 0:30
  Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.  Blend in
  milk and vanilla.  Chill mixture 2 hours or until firm.
  Drain cherries, and dry thoroughly 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 wax paper-lined baking sheet; chill about
  2 hours or until firm. Combine chocolate morsels and
  shortening in top of a double boiler; bring water to a
  boil.  Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts.  Dip
  each cherry by the stem into chocolate.  Place on a wax
  paper-lined baking sheet; chill until firm.  Store in a
  cool place.  Yield:  3-1/2 dozen.
 
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