Recipe - Cherry Mocha Balls

1 cup Butter; softened
One half cup Sugar
4 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 cup Allpurpose flour
One fourth cup Unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon Instant coffee granules
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Finely chopped pecans
2/3 cup Chopped red candied cherries
Confectioner's sugar

In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually add sugar and vanilla; beat until
light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa, coffee, and salt; gradually
add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in pecans and cherries. Chill dough
for ease of handling if necessary. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on
ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until
cookies are set. Cool on wire racks. Dust with confectioner's sugar. Yield:
about 6 dozen

Recipe by: Country Woman Nov/Dec 1992

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 523 by "Lynn Ratcliffe"
mcgrew@ntr.net on Jan 14, 1998