Chocolate-Covered Cherries
List of Ingredients
8 tablespoons melted butter
6 tablespoons corn syrup
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 pounds confectioners’ sugar
3 jars (10 ounces each) maraschino cherries, drained
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 tablespoon shortening
Recipe
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and sugar. Knead dough and form it into balls with a cherry wrapped in the middle. The balls should be about the size of walnuts. Place balls in the freezer to chill.
In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and shortening together. Dip the cooled balls in the chocolate. Let cool on parchment paper.
From SW Times 12/13/00
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