Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
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225
Ingredients
| 1 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
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| ½ | cup |
cocoa powder
unsweetened |
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| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
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| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking powder
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* |
| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking soda
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* |
| ½ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
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| 1 | cup |
sugar
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| 1 | each |
eggs
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| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
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| 48 | each |
maraschino cherries
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| Frosting | |||
| 6 | ounces |
chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
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| ½ | cup |
milk, sweetened condensed
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| 5 | teaspoons |
cherry syrup
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* |
Directions
- In bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture and beat well.
Gradually add dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and beat until well blended.
- Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and push down center of each ball with thumb.
Drain cherries and reserve juice.
Place 1 cherry in center of each indentation.
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
- For frosting, put chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in small saucepan. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry juice.
If too thick, add more juice.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. Spread to cover cherry.
Bake 10 minutes or until done. Do not overcook.
Remove to wire rack and cool.
The cookies freeze nicely.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 279g (9.8 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 98436% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 39g
60%
Saturated Fat 24g
118%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 121mg
40%
Sodium 418mg
17%
Total Carbohydrate
53g
53%
Dietary Fiber 9g
34%
Sugars g
Protein
26g
Vitamin A 18%
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Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 19%
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Iron 29%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?
