Bon Bon Cookies
Bon Bon cookies are fun to make for Christmas and with a few different options of how to make them, the choice is up to you. Create bon bon cookies with chocolate icing for a twist.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- food coloring, if desired
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- candied or maraschino cherries, pitted dates, nuts, or chocolate pieces
Instructions
Bon Bons:
- Add together chopped nuts, coconut, colored sugar Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, and food coloring.
- Measure by dipping method or by sifting. Blend flour and salt in thoroughly with hand. If dough is dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons milk. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- For each cookie, wrap 1 level Tablespoon dough around a filling suggested above.
- Bake 1" apart on ungreased baking sheet 12 to 15 minutes, or until set but not brown.
- Cool; dip tops of cookies in icing. Decorate each cookie with one of the toppings suggested. Makes 20 to 25 cookies.
Bon Bon Icing: Mix 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons cream or milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and red, green, or yellow food coloring, if desired.
Chocolate Bon Bon Icing: Make Bon Bon Icing (above) - except add 1 square unsweetened chocloate (1 oz.), melted and use 1/4 cup cream or milk. Penuche Bon
Bons: Make Bon Bon cookies - except use 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed) in place of confectioners' sugar.