Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

Name: Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 118 milliliters cocoa; 1 large egg; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 283 grams maraschino cherries; 0 teaspoons salt; 170 grams cup semisweet chocolate morsels; 237 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters sweetened condensed milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 61 calories. This recipe serves 72. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, cocoa, semisweet chocolate morsels, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Drain cherries, reserving 3 teaspoons juice.

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Cherries

Juice

Cut cherries in half, and set aside.

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Cherries

Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add egg, vanilla, and 2 teaspoons reserved cherry juice, beating until blended.

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Cherry Juice

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended after each addition. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place on ungreased baking sheets. Press center of each ball with thumb, and place 1 cherry half in indentation.

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Butter

Cherries

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

Cook chocolate and milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted. Stir in remaining reserved cherry juice. Cool slightly. Spoon 1 teaspoon mixture over each cherry half.

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Cherry Juice

Chocolate