Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

These are a favorite cookie to bake for Christmas!

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1-10 oz jar maraschino cherries (48 cherries)
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed mil

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Drain cherries, reserving the juice.

In a large bowl stir flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  In mixer beat butter, and sugar on low speed  Mix until fluffy.  Add egg and vanilla, beat well.  Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.  Beat until blended.

Shape into 1 inch ball and place on uncreased cookie sheet.  Press down center of dough with thumb.

In small saucepan combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk.  Heat until chocolate is melted.  Stir in 4 tsp of the cherry juice.

 Place well drained cherry in center of each cookie.  Spoon about 1 tsp chocolate filling over each cherry, spread to cover cherry.  Fill can be thinned with additional cherry juice if necessary.

Bake about 10 minutes or until done.   Remove to wire rack to cool.