Recipe#4365

Title: Chocolate Cherries

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6 Tablespoons butter, softened
 2 1/2 cups powered sugar
 1 1/2 teaspoon milk
 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
 48 cherries (stems attached) 
 1 12-ounce pkg semi-sweet chocolate morsels
 1 tablespoon shortening
 Cream butter, gradually add sugar, blend well, add milk and vanilla.
 Chill 2 hours or until firm.  Drain cherries and dry thoroughly.
 Pinch off about 1/2 teaspoon of the butter-sugar mixture and form
 around each cherry. Chill until firm.  Melt chocolate and shortening.
 Dip each cherry by the stem until well coated.  Chill on waxed
 paper.