Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Cream together:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
Beat in:
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Combine the dry ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients to make a firm batter. Shape into 1" balls and arrange on parchment-covered cookie sheets.
Make an indentation on the top of each cook (a thimble works well) and put onto the tops of the cookies:
- approx. 48 maraschino cherries (1 per cookie)
For the frosting, melt:
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Add to the melted chocolate:
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1-3 tsp marachino cherry juice
Preheat oven to 350°. Spoon approximately 1 teaspoon of the frosting over each cherry. Bake for 10-12 minutes and cool on wire racks.