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Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cherry, Chocolate, Chocolate Truffle, Cookies, Thumbprint

Ingredients

  • Cookie:
  • 1-1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 large egg
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 36 maraschino cherries blotted dry
  • Frosting:
  • 1 cup 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 to 3 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice

Instructions

  • In a bowl, mix together flour and cocoa, set aside.
  • In a separate bowl mix butter and sugar until fluffy; add salt, baking powder and baking soda until well combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add in the flour/ cocoa mixture.
  • Shape into 48 balls, about 1 in. round, and place on ungreased baking sheets. Put a thumbprint into each one.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
  • After cookies are cool, take a cherry and put it on the cookie. .
  • While the cookies are still cooling and cherries are placed, make the frosting.
  • Melt chocolate chips in milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add cherry juice and stir until smooth.
  • Spoon 1 teaspoon of frosting over each cherry while the cookie is still warm. Cool on wire racks. Work quickly as frosting