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    Chocolate-Cherry Drops


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    List of Ingredients




    1/2 cup margarine, softened
    1 cup sugar
    1 egg
    2 squares (2 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1/3 cup buttermilk
    1 tsp. vanilla
    1 3/4 cups flour
    1/2 tsp. baking soda
    1/2 tsp. salt
    2 cups cut-up maraschino cherries
    Chocolate Icing or Cherry Butter Icing (below)

    Recipe



    Mix thoroughly margarine, sugar, egg, chocolate, buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in flour, soda, salt and cherries. Cover; chill 1 hour. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately remove from baking sheet; cool. Frost. Makes 4 1/42 dozen cookies.

    Chocolate Icing: Melt 2 squares (2 ounces) unsweetened chocolate and 2 tablespoons margarine over low heat. Remove from heat; blend in 3 tablespoons water and about 2 cups confectioner's sugar.

    Cherry Butter Icing: Blend 1/3 cup margarine, softened, and 3 cups confectioners' sugar. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, about 2 tablespoons milk, 2 tablespoons chopped maraschino cherries and 2 drops red food color.

    NOTE: This makes a very nice presentation when half of the cookies have the chocolate icing and the other half the cherry butter.

 

 

 

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