Holiday Hideaway's

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter flavor crisco
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 48 maraschino cherries
• 1 cup melting chocolate (or dark , cut into smal pieces)
• 2 tablespoons butter flavor crisco

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 cream crisco, sugar,egg,milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed until well blended.
• 3 combine flour,baking powder,salt and baking soda.
• 4 beat into creamed mixture at low speed.
• 5 press dough in very thin layer around well drained cherries.
• 6 place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7 bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• 8 cool on baking sheet 1 minutes then remove to cooling rack. cool completely.
• 9 for dipping chocolate.
• 10 melt chocolate of choice and crisco on very low heat or 50% power in microwave.stir.
• 11 transfer chocolate to glass measuring cup and drop one cookie in at a time into chocolate. use fork to turn.
• 12 lift cookie out of chocolate on fork let excess drip and place on wax paper lined baking sheet.
• 13 sprinkle with chopped pecans or coconut while chocolate is still wet (optional).
• 14 chill in refridgerator to set chocolate.