••••CHOCOLATE FUDGE CHERRY COOKIES🍫🍒🍪!!••••

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****CHOCOLATE FUDGE

****CHERRY COOKIES!!

day 6: chocolate fudge cherry cookies

 

Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

Author: Jo

Serves: 40

ingredients

 

• 1½ cups flour
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 36 to 48 maraschino cherries, red and/or green
• 6 oz semisweet chocolate pieces
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

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instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a small bowl, stir together dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts. Beat well.
4. Gradually add flour mixture and beat until blended.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. With your finger (I used a cork) press down in the center of all the dough balls.
7. Prepare the frosting. In a small saucepan, heat sweetened condensed milk and chocolate pieces until melted and combined. Stir in 4 teaspoons of maraschino cherry juice.
8. Spoon some frosting into the thumbprint of each cookie. I found it easier to put the frosting in a ziploc bag and pipe it into each cookie. Top with a cherry.
9. Bake 8-10 minutes.
   
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