Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies



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Prep Time:
20 mins

Cook Time:
10 mins

Total Time:
30 mins

Servings:
18

Yield:
18 cookies


Ingredients

  • 1cupwhite sugar
  • ½cupbutter
  • 1egg
  • 1 ½teaspoonsvanilla extract
  • 1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
  • ½cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼teaspoonsalt
  • ¼teaspoonbaking soda
  • ¼teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1(10 ounce) jarmaraschino cherries
  • ½cupsweetened condensed milk
  • 1cupsemisweet chocolate chips

  • Directions

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

    Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until smooth. Roll dough into walnut-size balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each cookie.

    Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in the indentation of each cookie ball.

    Combine chocolate chips with condensed milk in a saucepan over low heat; stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Drizzle or spoon about 1 teaspoon of chocolate cherry mixture over each cherry to cover.

    Bake in the preheated for 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.



    Recipe Tip

    Add more cherry juice to the melted chocolate mixture to get a spreading consistency if needed.


    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    223 Calories
    9g Fat
    36g Carbs
    3g Protein

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