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id 546
Name Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
Main Dish Category Cookies
Secondary Dish Category Dessert,
Main Ingredient Flour
Other Ingredient Cocoa Powder
Number of People 48
List of Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 cup sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

48 drained maraschino cherries (about a 10-oz. jar), reserve juice

1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate pieces

1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
Description In a mixing bowl, combine flour and cocoa; set aside.  In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened.  Add sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  Beat until well combined.  Add egg and vanilla; beat well.  Gradually beat in the flour mixture.



Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheet.  Press down center of each ball with thumb.  Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice.  Place a cherry in the center of each cookie.  In a small saucepan, combine the chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk; heat until chocolate is melted.  Stir in 4 tsp. of the reserved cherry juice.



Spoon about 1 tsp. of the frosting over each cherry on unbaked cookie, spreading to cover cherry.  (Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary.)



Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until done.  Remove to wire rack; cool.  Cover and store at room temperature up to 2 days.
Time 30 minutes prep plus baking
Cooking Type Bake
Difficulty (1-5) 2
Notes Per cookie:  81 calories, 3 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 11 mg cholesterol, 45 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g protein.
Origin bhg.com
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