redsquirrel
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I got this recipe from one of my volunteers . She can't remember which cookbook she got it out of years ago. My sister loves them, so I make them as part of her Christmas present.
Shirley
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 10 oz jar maraschino cherries
1 6 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg and vanilla. Mix well.
Gradually add the flour mixture. Beat until well blended.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Press down center of dough with thumb to make a well.
Drain cherries, but save juice. Place a cherry in the well of each cookie.
In small sauce pan, combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the cherry juice.
Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate mixture over each cherry. If the chocolate is too thick , add more cherry juice.
Bake cookies in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Shirley
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 10 oz jar maraschino cherries
1 6 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg and vanilla. Mix well.
Gradually add the flour mixture. Beat until well blended.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Press down center of dough with thumb to make a well.
Drain cherries, but save juice. Place a cherry in the well of each cookie.
In small sauce pan, combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the cherry juice.
Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate mixture over each cherry. If the chocolate is too thick , add more cherry juice.
Bake cookies in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.