chocolate covered cherries

from aunt sheila

• 8 c powdered sugar
• 1 c butter
• 1 small jar maraschino cherries
• toothpicks
• 12 oz semisweet chocolate
• 1/4

1. Cream butter until very fluffy, then add sugar and mix until it reaches very thick consistency.
2. Drain cherries and wrap with white mixture.
3. Place on wax paper with toothpicks in each cherry. Freeze.
4. Melt chocolate and parafin in double broiler (or in a bowl over boiling water).
5. Dip cherries into the chocolate and return to wax paper.
6. Keep cool.