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Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Source of Recipe

Better Homes and Gardens

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Recipe By : Katie, from BH&G
Serving Size : 18 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 10 oz. jar maraschino cherries
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk*
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Roll into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie
sheet. Drain cherries and reserve juice. Press center of each ball with thumb. Place a cherry in indentation. 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.) Bake for 10 minutes. Makes 18 cookies.


* Homemade sweetened condensed milk:

1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
4 tablespoons butter

Heat and stir until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Makes about 1 1/2 cups. One can = 1 1/4 cups.