Chocolate Surprise Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups butter, cut into chunks,at room temp
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon chocolate flavoring
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 2 cups slivered almonds
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup drained maraschino cherry

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheets.
• 3 in large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar for about two minutes.
• 4 add extracts, flour, salt, cocoa, and almonds.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 dough will be stiff.
• 7 to shape cookies, take a golf ball piece of dough and place a cherry in the center.
• 8 shape the dough so that the cherry is completely surrounded and the dough is round in shape.
• 9 place on cookie sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.
• 10 bake for 12-15 minutes or until firm to touch.
• 11 while still hot, roll in powdered sugar.
• 12 place on wire racks to cool.