****CHOCOLATE FUDGE
****CHERRY COOKIES!!
day 6: chocolate fudge cherry cookies
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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
instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, stir together dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts. Beat well.
- Gradually add flour mixture and beat until blended.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- With your finger (I used a cork) press down in the center of all the dough balls.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake 8-10 minutes.http://jocooks.com
