Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     3/4  cup           Powdered sugar
     1/2  cup           Margarine or butter -- softene
   1      tablespoon    Vanilla
   1                    Ounce unsweetened chocolate -- Melted and cooled
   1 1/2  cups          All-purpose flour*
     1/8  teaspoon      Salt
                        Dates, nuts -- semisweet choc
                        and candied or marasc -- Cherries.
                        Glaze or chocolate glaze

Preparation:

*do not use self-rising flour in This recipe. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla and unsweetened chocolate. Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk.)For each cookie, shape dough by tablespoonful around date, nut, chocolate chips or cherry to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown; cool. Dip tops of cookies into Glaze. Decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, chocolate chips or chocolate shot if desired.