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Recipe: 1986 Winner Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
Similar Categories: 1986, Winner, Chocolate, Covered, Cherry, Cookies
1986 WINNER: CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY COOKIES
Yield: 48 Servings
1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Butter or margarine,
Softened
1 c Sugar
1 ea Egg
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
48 ea Maraschino cherries
--FROSTING-
6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 c Sweetened condensed milk
Cherry juice (4 to 5 tsp)
Preparation time: 45 minutes Baking time: 10 minutes
1. In bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and
baking soda. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add
egg and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture and beat well. Gradually add
dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and beat until well blended.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet
and push down center of each ball with thumb. Drain cherries and
reserve juice. Place 1 cherry in center of each indentation. Heat
oven to 350 degrees.
3. For frosting, put chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in
small saucepan. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry
juice. If too thick, add more juice.
4. Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. Spread to cover
cherry. Bake 10 minutes or until done. Do not overcook. Remove to
wire rack and cool. The cookies freeze nicely.
Yield: 48 Servings
1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Butter or margarine,
Softened
1 c Sugar
1 ea Egg
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
48 ea Maraschino cherries
--FROSTING-
6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 c Sweetened condensed milk
Cherry juice (4 to 5 tsp)
Preparation time: 45 minutes Baking time: 10 minutes
1. In bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and
baking soda. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add
egg and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture and beat well. Gradually add
dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and beat until well blended.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet
and push down center of each ball with thumb. Drain cherries and
reserve juice. Place 1 cherry in center of each indentation. Heat
oven to 350 degrees.
3. For frosting, put chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in
small saucepan. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry
juice. If too thick, add more juice.
4. Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. Spread to cover
cherry. Bake 10 minutes or until done. Do not overcook. Remove to
wire rack and cool. The cookies freeze nicely.
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