Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Description

A hidden cherry under the chocolate makes a sweet surprise when you bite into these wonderful chocolate cookies.

Ingredients

• All-purpose Flour
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Butter
• Sugar
• Baking Soda
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Egg
• Vanilla
• Maraschino Cherries
• Semisweet Chocolate Piece
• Sweetened Condensed Milk

Instructions

1. Combine flour and cocoa
2. Set aside
3. Beat butter in a med bowl on med speed until softened
4. Add sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt
5. Beat until well mixed
6. Beat in egg and vanilla, scraping the side of the bowl
7. Gradually beat in flour mixture
8. Shape dough into 1-inch balls
9. Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cooking sheet
10. Press down the centers with your thumb
11. Drain cherries, reserving juice
12. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie in the depression you made with your thumb
13. Combine chocolate pieces and condensed milk in a small saucepan
14. Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted
15. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice
16. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and milk mixture over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry
17. If the frosting is too thick, thin with additional cherry juice
18. Bake in a 350f oven for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookie is firm
19. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute
20. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling