Bon-bon Cookies

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• cut dates
• candied cherries or maraschino cherry
• chocolate, chunks or chocolate chips
• nuts
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• food coloring (optional)
• colorful candy sprinkles (optional) or chocolate sprinkles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°.
• 2 mix butter, sugar, and vanilla (add food coloring if you want).
• 3 work in flour and baking powder, if too dry add 1-2 tbsp milk.
• 4 make balls of about 1 tbsp of dough.
• 5 wrap around a few filling items, such as chocolate pieces or cherries.
• 6 place cookies about 1-inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• 7 bake 12-15 minutes until set but not brown.
• 8 for the icing:.
• 9 mix icing sugar, cream and vanilla until smooth.
• 10 add food color if desired.
• 11 dip the tops of the cookies into icing.
• 12 decorate with colorful or chocolate sprinkles if desired.