Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies II

Chocolate-covered cherries in cookie form taste as good as they sound!

• Calories: 453 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Step 2

Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and stir until smooth. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center of each ball with thumb.

Step 3

Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in indentation of each cookie ball.

Step 4

In a saucepan, heat condensed milk and chocolate chips until chips are melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of mixture over each cherry and spread to cover cherry. (More cherry juice may be added to keep frosting of spreading consistency.)

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.