Cherry Centers

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, melted (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 3 cups flour
• 20 maraschino cherries
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and mix in sugar.
• 2 let mixture cool and add eggs.
• 3 mix it thoroughly and then add baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla, and cocoa, stirring after each addition.
• 4 add flour and mix well.
• 5 dough will be stiff and crumbly.
• 6 drain cherries and save the juice.
• 7 on greased cookie sheet, pat dough into walnut size balls with fingers.
• 8 place an indentation with finger or with end of spoon.
• 9 place a cherry in each indentation.
• 10 place a saucepan over boiling water and combine chocolate chips and milk.
• 11 add 1/8 cup of cherry juice and stir.
• 12 if the sauce does not glob off the spoon it is too thick and add more juice.
• 13 spoon on top of cherries.
• 14 bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.