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Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies!!
DIR By: Hummingbird
Date: August 14, 2012, 3:59 pm
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Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
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1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
.
Drain cherries, reserving 3 teaspoons juice. Cut cherries in
half, and set
aside. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric
mixer until
creamy; add egg, vanilla, and 2 teaspoons reserved cherry juice,
beating
until blended. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually
add flour
mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended after each
addition. Shape
dough into 1-inch balls, and place on ungreased baking sheets.
Press center
of each ball with thumb, and place 1 cherry half in indentation.
Cook chocolate and milk in a small saucepan over low heat,
stirring
occasionally, until melted. Stir in remaining reserved cherry
juice. Cool
slightly. Spoon 1 teaspoon mixture over each cherry half.
Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Freeze up to 3 months.
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