Edible Ornaments

1 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 cups flour
2 - 4 tablespoons heavy cream
red and green food coloring
2 dozen chocolate kisses
2 dozen maraschino cherries

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

1. Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy.

2. Blend in flour, salt, and enough cream to hold the dough together.

3. Divide the dough in half.

4. Tint one half with red food coloring and the other half with green food coloring.

5. Mold a Tablespoon of red dough around each Kiss (that is unwrapped)

6. Mold green dough around the cherry.

7. Roll cookies between the palms of the hand to make smooth, round balls.

8. Place balls 1” apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

9. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or just until cookies are set (cookies must not brown)

10. Let cool completely.

11. Dip each cookie into icing

 

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