Thursday, May 28, 2009

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Yet another cookie recipe from Anna's website cookiemadness.com 
Oh my goodness...these are AMAZING. I don't like cherries at all, but these cookies I can handle. It's like a warm chocolate/gooey chocolatey cookie with a cherry in the middle. The very best part of the cookie is the homeade chocolate frosting on top. Sweetened condensed milk + chocolate + cherry juice=the best frosting ever.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1  cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 jar maraschino cherries (10 ounce)
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine flour and cocoa. Set aside.

In another large mixing bowl, beat margarine with an electric mixer at a medium-high speed, about 30 seconds until softened. Add sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda, beating well until combine. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually beat in the flour mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheet. Press down center of each ball with thumb. Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie.

In a small saucepan, combine the chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 5 tsp. of reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 tsp. of the frosting over each cherry on unbaked cookie; spreading over to cover cherry. (Frosting may be thinned w/ additional cherry juice if necessary).

Bake in preheated oven set on 350 degrees for about 10 min. or until done. Remove to wire rack and cool. Cover and store at room temperature up to two days.

4 comments:

Kerstin said...

The frosting on top does look delicious! Anna's blog is just the best :)

noble pig said...

Well that sounds delicious!

Andrea said...

Ok, that sounds just really yummy!

Elyse said...

These cookies look fabulous, Olivia! I'm not usually a huge cherry fan either, but I can definitely handle cherries doused in chocolate! And that frosting looks awesome.