Recipe - Chocolate-Covered Cherries

60 Marachino cherries,w/stem
3 tablespoon Butter or margarine,softened
3 tablespoon Light corn syrup
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 cup Confectioner's sugar, sifted
1 One half pound Dipping chocolate or white
chocolate ( for coating)

Drain marachino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper
toweling. Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and
salt. Stir in sifted confectioner's sugar. Knead sugar
mixture until smooth ( chill if mixture is too soft.)
Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each
cherry. Place on a waxedpaperlined baking sheet,
chill.
In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring
constantly. DO NOT ADD ANY LIQUID! Holding cherries by
stems, dip one at a time into chocolate. Spoon
chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until chocolate
is hardened.
Store candy in a covered container in a cool place.
Let candies ripen a week or two. makes 60
chocolatecovered cherries.

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