Recipe - Buried Cherry Cookies

10 ounce Jar maraschino cherries;
(about 48)
1 One half cup Flour
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter or margarine
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
One half cup Sweetened condensed milk

Drain cherries and reserve juice. Stir together flour, cocoa, soda, powder,
and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter till softened. Add sugar and beat
till fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add flour mixture and beat
till well mixed. Shape dough into 1inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart
on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of each with your thumb. Place
a cherry in center. For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine chocolate
and sweetened condensed milk. Cook and stir over low heat till chocolate is
melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons reserved cherry juice. Spoon 1 teaspoon
frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover (frosting may be thinned with
additional cherry juice if necessary.) Bake in a 350 degree oven for about
10 minutes or till done. Remove and cool. Makes about 48

Recipe by: Cookies for Christmas

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #907 by Diana Stephens
mdstephe@ix.netcom.com on Nov 13, 1997