Chocolate covered cookies

Makes 18 cookies
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ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries

directions

  • 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

  • 2

    Beat butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add dry ingredients and stir until smooth.

  • 3

    Roll into 1-inch balls about the size of a walnut (larger if desired). Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

  • 4

    Drain cherries and reserve juice. Press center of each ball with thumb. Place a cherry in indentation.

  • 5

    In a saucepan, heat condensed milk and chocolate chips until chips are melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of mixture over each cherry and spread to cover cherry. (More cherry juice may be added to keep frosting of spreading consistency.)

  • 6

    Bake for 10 minutes.

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