norma's christmas chocolate covered cherries

How To Make norma's christmas chocolate covered cherries

• Step 1
  Line two baking sheetss with waxed paper and set aside.
• Step 2
  In a large bowl, combine confectioners sugar, butter, flavoring, milk and vanilla. Mix well amd place in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Step 3
  Drain and pat dry the maraschino cherries being careful not to pull off the stems.
• Step 4
  Remove mixture for refrigerator and mold a small amount around each cherry, being careful to completely enclose cherry with mixture. Place on baking sheets and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Step 5
  In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt white chocolate chips while stirring with a wooden spoon. Or place in a microwave safe bowl and microwace for 30 seconds at a time and take out and stir until melted; being careful not to burn.
• Step 6
  Remove covered cherries from the refrigerator and dip them one at a time into melted white choclate and return them to the waxed paper.
• Step 7
  Allow dipped cherries to sit at room temperature until chocolate hardens.
• Step 8
  Check bottons of each cherry and reseal with additional white chocolate if necessary.
• Step 9
  When white choclate has hardened; drizzle tops of each cherry with melted red and green candy melts and let set at room temperature until all is set and hardened.
• Step 10
  Remove from baking sheets and cover loosely and store in a cool place at least two days to form cordial (do not refrigerate).
• Step 11
  Place in airtight containers until ready to serve.
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