Bon-Bon Cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Filling Items

• cut dates
• candied cherries or maraschino cherry
• chocolate, chunks or chocolate chips
• nuts

Icing

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• food coloring (optional)
• colorful candy sprinkles (optional) or chocolate sprinkles (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 350°.

2. 2

   Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla (add food coloring if you want).

3. 3

   Work in flour and baking powder, if too dry add 1-2 tbsp milk.

4. 4

   Make balls of about 1 tbsp of dough.

5. 5

   Wrap around a few filling items, such as chocolate pieces or cherries.

6. 6

   Place cookies about 1-inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.

7. 7

   Bake 12-15 minutes until set but not brown.

8. 8

   For the icing:.

9. 9

   Mix icing sugar, cream and vanilla until smooth.

10. 10

    Add food color if desired.

11. 11

    Dip the tops of the cookies into icing.

12. 12

    Decorate with colorful or chocolate sprinkles if desired.