Cheery Chocolate Truffle Cookies
Chocolate and cherries - always a great combo - are enhanced in this winning shaped-cookie recipe by a coating of cocoa and powdered sugar. It was submitted by Lois A. Hernandez of West Allis.
Yield
24 servingsPrep
10 minCook
20 minReady
30 minTrans-fat Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
room temperature |
|
| ¾ | cup |
powdered sugar
(divided) |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | ounce |
unsweetened chocolate
melted |
|
| 2 ¼ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
mini chocolate chips
|
*
|
| 48 | each |
candied cherries
red or green |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
cocoa powder
unsweetened |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
butter
room temperature |
|
| 177 | ml |
powdered sugar
(divided) |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 28.9 | ml/g |
unsweetened chocolate
melted |
|
| 532 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
mini chocolate chips
|
*
|
| 48 | each |
candied cherries
red or green |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
cocoa powder
unsweetened |
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃).
Lightly grease cookie sheets.
In large bowl, cream butter and ½ cup powdered sugar with electric mixer.
Blend in vanilla and melted chocolate.
Combine flour and salt and add to butter mixture on low speed.
Stir in chips by hand.
Shape dough around cherries to create 1-inch balls.
Set 1 inch apart on cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
When done, remove from oven and cool completely.
Mix remaining ¼ cup powdered sugar with cocoa powder.
When cookies are cool, gently roll them in the powdered sugar mixture.
Note: Maraschino cherries that are well drained and blotted dry worked well in this recipe.
