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chocolate cover cherries

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Lisa Ambrose
Baltimore, MD

Love these all year long.

(2 ratings)
yield 4 Dozen
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 10 Min

Ingredients For chocolate cover cherries

  • 2/3 c
    butter flavor shortening
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 1
    egg
  • 1 Tbsp
    milk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 48
    manchino cherries
  • DIPPING CHOCOLATE
  • 1 c
    melted chocolate
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter flavor shortening
  • finely chopped pecans

How To Make chocolate cover cherries

  • 1
    Heat oer to 350 degrees
  • 2
    Cream butter flaor crisco, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in large bowl on medium speed until well blended.
  • 3
    Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Beat into creamed mixture at low speed.
  • 4
    P{ress dough in very thin layer around well drained cherries. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
  • 5
    Bake at 350 for 10 minuites. Cool on baking sheet one minute. Move to cooling rack and cool completly.
  • 6
    For Chocolate Dipping, melt chocolate and butter flavor crisco in glass measuring cup. Drop one cookie at a time in the chocolate. Use fork to turn the cookies covering completly. Use fork to left cookies allow excess to drip off.
  • 7
    Place on was paper lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with pecan.

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