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Night Before Christmas Cherry Bonbons




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




3 Dozen

6 oz Cream cheese, room temp.
3/4 c Butter, room temp.
1 1/2 c Flour
10 oz Jar maraschino cherries, well drained
4 tb Chocolate chips
3/4 c Confectioners sugar
8 oz Almond paste
Confectioners sugar


Recipe



In a medium bowl mix cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Stir in the flour
to make a stiff dough. Gather into a ball, wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 2
hours or in the freezer for 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Push a chocolate chip inside each well drained
cherry. Pinch off a small amount of almond paste, flatten it and wrap it
around each cherry. Generously coat your work surface with confectioners sugar
(the dough will probably absorb 1/2 cup), and roll out the dough 1/8-inch thick. Cut
in 3-inch rounds. Completely enclose a wrapped cherry in each, pinch well to
seal and place, sealed side down, on a baking sheet.

Bake at 375F degrees for 16 to 18 minutes, or until lightly golden. Remove
from the oven and while still hot, sprinkle with more confectioners sugar. Cool the
cookies on a rack.