Black Forest Thumbprint Cookies

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 48 maraschino cherries (reserve some cherry juice)
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (eagle brand or other)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar. add egg and vanilla. beat well. add dry ingredients until combined. shape into 48 - 1 inch balls. place on ungreased cookie sheet and make thumbprint in center of each cookie. place a maraschino cherry into each indentation.
• 2 melt chocolate chips and condensed milk just until soft. stir in 4 tsp cherry juice and spoon about 1 tsp of frosting on top to cover cherry. add more cherry juice if frosting needs to be thinned. bake at 350f for 8-10 minutes.