chocolate covered cherry cookies
So many good recipes handed down through the generations. Grandma Lawrence used to make this one each Christmas. Part of her cookie tray platter and a well loved favorite.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
So yummy....with all that beloved flavor of a chocolate covered cherry! Even better, these cookies are easier to prepare than the candies.
prep time
25 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Bake
yield
20 to 25
Ingredients
- COOKIE DOUGH
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon softened butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons hershey's cocoa powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon milk or what is needed to make the dough dry but stick together.
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 jar maraschino cherries without the stems
- FROSTING
- 1 can chocolate frosting, warmed
How To Make chocolate covered cherry cookies
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Step 1Dry maraschino cherries in a towel and let set out a while to dry well. -
Step 2Combine all other ingredients and mix well in mixer. (Add just enough milk to make the dough very dry but still stick together.)
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Step 3Pinch off a teaspoon of the cookie dough and roll into a ball and then flatten in your hands. Put a cherry in the middle of the cookie dough disk and close the dough around the cherry and form into a ball...sealing cherry inside completely. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees on an ungreased baking sheet.
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Step 4Dip baked cookies in warm chocolate frosting and top with chopped nuts, colorful sprinkles or decorate with corresponding frosting swirls.
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