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Serving Size  : 48   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Today's Imports

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2/3  c             Butter Flavor Crisco
    3/4  c             Sugar
  1                    Egg
  1      tb            Milk
  1      t             Vanilla
  1 3/4  c             All purpose flour
  1      t             Baking powder
    1/2  t             Salt
    1/2  t             Baking soda
 48                    Maraschino Cherries, well
                       drained on paper towels

                       WHITE DIPPING CHOCOLATE

  1      c             White melting chocolate,
                       cut into small pieces
  2      tb            Butter Flavor Crisco

                       DARK DIPPING CHOCOLATE

  1      c             Semisweet chocolate chips
  2      tb            Butter Flavor Crisco
                       Finely chopped pecans
                       Slivered White Chocolate

 Preparation Time: 60 Minutes
 Bake Time: 10 Minutes

 1. Heat oven to 350.

 2. Cream Butter Flavor Crisco, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in a
 large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.

 3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Beat into
 creamed mixture at low speed.

 4. Press dough in very thin layer around well drained cherries. Place
 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.

 5. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool one minute on baking sheet.
 Remove to cooling rack. Cool Completely.

 6. For Dipping Chocolate: melt chocolate of choice and Butter Flavor
 Crisco on very low heat or at 50% power in microwave. Stir.

 7. Transfer chocolate to glass measuring cup. Drop one cookie at a
 time into chocolate. Use fork to turn. Cover completely with
 chocolate. *Lift cookie out of chocolate on fork. Allow excess
 chocolate to drip off. Place on wax paper lined baking sheet.

 8. Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of white chocolate cookies. Sprinkle
 white chocolate slivers on dark chocolate cookies while chocolate is
 still wet. Chill in referigerator to set chocolate.

 Makes 4 dozen cookies

 *If Chocolate becomes to firm, reheat on low.

 Source: Butter Flavor Crisco Cookie Collection

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