Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies Recipe

CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRY COOKIES

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
48 maraschino cherries (reserve juice)
1 8-ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 c. Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Makes 48 cookies.

In large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and soda. In mixer bowl beat together butter and sugar on low speed until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; beat till well blended. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on an un-greased 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 chips and sweet condensed milk; heat till chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 tsp. frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry. (Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary).

Bake in a 350* oven about 10 minutes or till done. Remove to wire rack; cool.

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