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Choco-Cherry Cookies

Description Recipe

Yummy chocolate cookie treat for anyone who loves the choc/cherry combination, with a frosting.

Yield: 48 cookies

Preheat oven to 350. In bowl, combine flour and cocoa powder. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed for 30 seconds. Beat in sugar,baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour/cocoa mixture.

Shape dough into one inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of each cookie with thumb. Drain cherries, reserve juice. Halve any large cherries. Place a cherry in center of each cookie.

For frosting, in small pan,combine semisweet chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 teaspoons reserved cherry juice.

Spoon about 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. If needed thin with a little wateror more juice. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes till edgges are firm. Cool on sheet for 1 minute;remove to racks to cool.