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Baked Cherry Cookies Recipe

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Contributor:  
Contributor:  
Dean Klein Family
Added: Monday, April 28, 2008
Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 - 10 ounce jar maraschino cherries
½ cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
¼ tsp powder
¼ tsp baking soda
1 egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 – 6 ounce pkg (1 cup) chocolate chips
½ cup sweetened condensed milk or low fat sweetened condensed milk
Directions:
Directions:

1. Drain cherries, reserving juice. Halve any large cherries. In a medium mixing bowl beat butter on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda and ¼ tsp salt. Beat till combined, scraping sides of bowl. Beat in egg, vanilla, then cocoa powder and flour.
2. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press your thumb or back of small spoon in to the center of each ball. Place a cherry in each center.
3. For frosting, combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in a small saucepan and cook and stir over low heat until melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons reserved cherry juice. Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each sherry, spreading to cover. Frosting may be thinned with extra cherry juice if necessary.
4. Bake in a 350 oven for 10 minutes.

 

 

 

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