Chocolate-covered cherry cookies

Chocolate-covered cherry cookies

Ingredients/Components

• vanilla
• granulated sugar - 1 c
• pkg - 1 oz
• salt - 1/4 tsp
• baking powder - 1/4 tsp
• baking soda - 1/4 tsp
• egg - 1 item
• all-purpose flour
• unsweetened cocoa powder - 1/2 c
• butter or margarine, softened - 1/2 c
• can sweetened condensed milk not evaporated - 1/2 item
• reserved cherry juice - 4 5
• jar maraschino cherries about 48

How to make chocolate-covered cherry cookies:

Sift dry ingredients together. Beat margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat. Gradually add dry ingredients, beating until blended. Shape into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press in center with thumb to make indentation. Drain cherries saving liquid. Place cherry in indentation. Prepare frosting.

Frosting: Melt chocolate chips and mix with sweetened condensed milk and approximately 2 teaspoons cherry juice to get consistency of frosting. Add more juice if necessary. Put 1 teaspoon of this frosting on top to cover the cherry and then bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cookie and brownie, Hand Formed cookies.