Chocolate-Cherry Drop Cookies

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Title: Chocolate-Cherry Drop Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 54 servings

1 c Sugar
1/2 c Margarine or butter;
-softened
1 Egg
2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
Melted and cooled
1/3 c Buttermilk; milk or water
1 ts Vanilla
1 3/4 c All-purpose flour *
Or whole wheat flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
2 c Cut-up candied or maraschino
Cherries
Chocolate frosting
2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
2 tb Margarine or butter
3 tb Water
2 c Powdered sugar; about
* if using self-rising flour
--- omit
Baking soda and salt.

Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Cookbook
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix, sugar, margarine, egg, chocolate,
buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and cherries.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart into ungreased
cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains
when touched; cool. Frost with Chocolate Frosting. ABOUT 4-1/2 DOZEN
COOKIES; 95 CALORIES PER COOKIE.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING Heat chocolate and margarine over low heat until
melted; remove from heat. Stir in water and powdered sugar until smooth.

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