Bon Bon Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries, drained

Recipe

• in a medium bowl, stir together the shortening and cream cheese until well blended. stir in the flour, you may need to use your hands to help it form a dough. if the mixture seems too dry, add a couple of teaspoons of water. cover and chill several hours or overnight.
• preheat the oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets.
• before rolling out the dough, dust the rolling surface heavily with confectioners' sugar. roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. cut into 1x4 inch strips. place a cherry on the end of each strip. roll up each strip starting with the cherry. place on prepared cookie sheets and dust with a little of the confectioners' sugar.
• bake for 7 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. cookies should brown slightly. dust again with the confectioners' sugar. allow cookies to cool before serving, the cherries are very hot!