Phyllis' Infamous Bon Bon Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square, melted
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 24 maraschino cherries

TO MAKE THE ICING

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square, melted

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Mix the butter (or you can use margarine), sugar, vanilla and chocolate.

3. 3

   Add the flour and salt.

4. 4

   If the dough is dry, add 1-2 teaspoons of milk.

5. 5

   Wrap 1 level tablespoon of dough around the cherry (other fillings that you can use are: pitted dates, nuts or chocolate pieces).

6. 6

   Bake 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes.

7. 7

   Allow to cool and dip the tops in the icing (the ingredients for the icing is as follows: 1 cup confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla and melted square of chocolate).