Recipe Name

Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

Source

unknown (submitted by john)

Type

dessert, cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 10 oz maraschino cherries (about 48)
• 6 oz semisweet chocolate pieces
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

In large bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and soda. In a mixer bowl beat together butter or margarine and sugar on low speed of electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; beat till well blended. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of dough with thumb. Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. In small saucepan combine chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk. Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 tsp of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 tsp of frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry. (Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary.) Bake in a 350 degree oven about 10 minutes until done. Remove to wire rack; cool.

Note: may increase flour by 1 Tbsp, and add cherry and sauce after partially baking dough.