Bonbon Cookies

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From Betty Crocker's 40th Anniversary Edition Cookbook

I make these nearly every year at Christmas. You need to at least double this to make a decent amount.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• Food color, if desired
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• Dates, nuts, semisweet chocolate chips, candied or maraschino cherries, toffee bits, or other filling

Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 tsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Food color, if desired

Chocolate Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Mix powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla, and few drops food color. (Note: if making more than one color I will usually skip the color here and instead knead it into divided dough later, leaving it slightly marbled in coloring --peepe) Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, mix in 1-2 tbsp milk).
2. For each cookie, shape dough by tablespoonful around one of the fillings (examples listed above) and form a ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown; cool.
3. Dip tops of cookies into one of the Glazes. Decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, chocolate chips, or chocolate shot if desired.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.