Chocolate Covered Cherries

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   ["Line", "baking", "sheet", "with", "waxed", "paper.", "In small bowl, cream butter, 10x sugar, milk and almond extract.", "(If mixture is", "too soft,", "add more sugar.) On a surface lightly sprinkled with 10x sugar, knead mixture into a ball.", "Using 1 teaspoon of mixture, shape", "into a ball.", "Indent with thumb.", "Place cherry in indention", "and", "cover", "cherry", "with", "mixture.", "(Leave", "stem exposed.) Place on baking sheet.", "Cover loosely and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.", "Place the chocolate and shortening in a 2 cup glass measuring cup.", "Microwave on Medium 3 to 5 minutes, stirring once a minute until smooth.", "Holding cherry stem, dip into chocolate, cover cherry completely and 1/8 inch up stem. Shake off", "excess.", "Place", "on", "waxed paper lined tray.", "Repeat using all", "the", "cherries.", "Refrigerate", "15", "minutes", "to", "set. Refrigerate,", "covered", "if", "not", "serving", "soon.", "Makes", "3", "dozen candies."]

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.