CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRY COOKIES

Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies image

Provided by AshK5246

Categories Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 2 1/2 dozen, 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
24 ounces maraschino cherries, drained and stemmed
2 tablespoons cherry juice

Steps:

"For the cookies".
Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl and set aside.
With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
Beat in egg and vanilla until incorporated, reduce speed to low and add flour mixture.
Mix until dough forms (about 1 minute).
"for the topping".
Heat chocolate and milk in saucepan over low heat until chocolate is melted (about 5 minutes)the mixture should have the consistency of mayonnaise.
Off heat, stir in reserved cherry juice. Cover and keep warm.
"To finish".
Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on 2 rimmed baking sheets.
Using thumb, make indentation in center of each cookie and place 1 cherry in each indentation.
Top each cherry with 1 teaspoons of warm chocolate mixture.
Bake until cookies are just set (10-12 minutes) switching and rotating sheets about halfway through baking.
Transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
Repeat with remaining dough.