Yum! Brings me back...

This is my recipe for Chocolate Covered Cherries. When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher made a cookbook at the end of the year with a recipe from each child in it. I remember my recipe was for Chocolate No Bake cookies. Well one of the girls in my class put in the recipe for chocolate covered cherries. I asked my mom to make them and she did. They were so yummy. I don't know how many times she made them, but not often because they were kind of spendy to make, you know with the maraschino cherries and all. Not to mention a little time consuming. Well about a year ago I started thinking about that recipe. I went out to my dads and searched around for that little homemade cookbook but couldn't find it. So I did a search on recipezaar and found a recipe that sounded quite a bit like it. I made them and they were delightful! So now I am craving them, and so of course I made them. Here is the recipe...it says to let them refrigerate for 1-2 weeks before serving, but REALLY, who does that?? I put them in the freezer just long enough for the chocolate to harden and then I usually dig in to them. And why not??

Chocolate Covered Cherries

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 (8oz) jars maraschino cherries, with stems, well drained
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (12 oz)
2 Tbsp shortening

In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, butter, milk and extract; mix well. Knead into a large ball. Roll into 1 inch balls and flatten each into a 2 inch circle. Wrap around cherries and lightly roll in hands. Place with stems up on waxed paper lined baking sheet. Cover loosely and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight (or if your impatient like me just pop them in the freezer for a while)

Melt the chocolate chips and shortening in microwave safe bowl. Holding on to stem, dip cherries into chocolate; set on waxed paper to harden. Store in a covered container. Makes about 3 dozen.






YUM! Once Lane goes to bed, I am going to make myself a cup of tea and eat a couple/few of these! By the way thanks for all the prayers that our move would go well and that I would feel good. I have totally felt better in the last couple weeks and everything went quite smoothly!