Chocolate Cherry Beauties
By
Cassandra Nasr
@misscassee
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A delicious showstopper of a cookie. I make these cookies for Christmas, and more recently had a request for them for a wine tasting party. My father has proclaimed them "the most delicious cookie I have ever tasted". Mission Accomplished.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These are dynamite! Think ice cream sundae in cookie form! With their brownie-like cookie base and creamy cherry topper, we wiped out the first batch in record time. No shame in that, folks. You'll see what we mean when you give these a try for yourself! 
Ingredients
- 4 oz
- unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 c
- vegetable oil
- 2 c
- granulated sugar
- 2 tsp
- vanilla
- 4
- eggs
- 2 c
- flour
- 2 tsp
- baking powder
- 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 1/4 stick
- butter
- 1 c
- confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp
- rum or rum extract
- 1 c
- milk chocolate chips
- maraschino cherries
How to Make Chocolate Cherry Beauties
- 1Prepare cookie base. Melt unsweetened chocolate with a double boiler (or the microwave in 30 second increments.)
- 2In a separate bowl, add chocolate to the oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix until well incorporated.
- 3Stir in eggs, flour, baking powder and salt; Mix well. Chill for 2-3 hours.
- 4Remove from refrigerator. Roll dough into one inch balls. bake at 350° for 10 minutes, this will give you a softer cookie. (Up to 12 minutes if you desire a crispy cookie. I prefer soft. )
- 5Once you have removed the cookies from the oven, immediately use a round bottomed spoon (a teaspoon measuring spoon is a good size) to smoosh a "well" into the cookies. Allow to cool completely.
- 6Prepare cookie filling. In a medium bowl, mix softened butter (not melted), confectioners sugar and rum extract (or rum) for flavor. You may need a little more than a teaspoon, depending on your taste. Blend using a hand mixer until it is the consistency of piping frosting. Add 1/4 cup of milk chocolate chips, finely chopped.
- 7Using a pasrty bag without a tip, pipe a dollop of filling into the well you pressed into the cookie. Add a Maraschino cherry to the top of each cookie. The ones with stems are very pretty.
- 8Melt the remaining milk chocolate chips and drizzle over the cookies. NOTE: The cookies in the main picture are a "bite sized version" of this cookie - When I rolled the ball they were about the size of the cherries before baking.
