Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

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Title: Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 48 Cookies

1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 c Butter or margarine
1 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
14 ts Baking soda
1 Egg
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
48 Undrained maraschino
-cherries (about one 10 oz
-jar)
6 oz Pkg semisweet chocolate
-pieces
1/2 c Sweetened condensed milk

In a mixing bowl, combine flour and cocoa; set aside. In a large
mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high
speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Add sugar, salt, baking
powder, and baking soda. Beat until well combined. Add egg and
vanilla. Beat well. Gradually beat in the flour mixture.

Shape dough into 1" balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Press down
center of each ball with thumb. Drain marachino cherries, reserving
juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. In a small
saucepan combine the chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk.
Heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved
cherry juice.

Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the frosting over each cherry, spreading to
cover cherry (frosting may be thinned with additonal cherry juice if
necessary).

Bake in 350øF oven about 10 minutes or until done. Remove to wire
rack to cool.

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