Bon Bon Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 c. butter3/4 c. sifted powdered sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla
Food coloring, if desired
1 1/2 c. flour (dip method or sifted)
1/8 tsp. salt
Chocolate chunks
Candies or maraschino cherries
Nuts or pitted dates
Chopped nuts, coconut or colored sugar
Cooking Directions:
For chocolate bon bons, blend in 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and food coloring. Blend flour and salt in thoroughly with hand. If dough is dry, add 1-2 tablespoons cream.Heat oven to 350 degrees. For each cookie, wrap 1 tablespoonful dough around a filling. Bake 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet 12-15 minutes, or until set but not brown. Cool; dip tops of cookies in icing. Makes 20-25 cookies.
FILLING:
Chocolate chunksCandies or maraschino cherriesNuts or pitted dates
TOPPINGS:
Chopped nuts, coconut or colored sugar
ICING:
Mix: 2 tbsp. cream 1 tsp. vanilla Food coloring, if desired
For chocolate icing add 1 square unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce) melted and use 1/4 cup cream.
Other Recipes you might like:
Oatmeal Cookies, Dutch Brown Sugar Cookies, Overnight Cookies, Oyster Cookies, Date Nut Cookies, Stuffed Cookies
