Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 690
Yield: 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
10 ounces maraschino cherries, drained, reserve juice
1 (6-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Beat together margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add dry ingredients and beat until well blended. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of dough with thumb. Place a cherry in center of each cookie.

In a small saucepan combine chocolate chips pieces and condensed milk. On very low heat, heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry (frosting may be thinned with more juice, if needed).

Bake in 350° oven about 10 minutes or until done. Remove to wire rack to cool.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 690
Calories from Fat: 174

This Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies recipe is from the Best of the Best from the Midwest Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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