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Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies Recipe | |
American Cookie | |
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). 2 Beat butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add dry ingredients and stir until smooth. 3 Roll into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie sheet. 4 Drain cherries and reserve juice. Press center of each ball with thumb. Place a cherry in indentation. 5 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.) 6 Bake for 10 minutes. Makes 18 cookies
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