Chocolate-covered Cherry Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 24 ounces maraschino cherries, drained and stemmed
• 2 tablespoons cherry juice

Recipe

• 1 "for the cookies".
• 2 whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl and set aside.
• 3 with electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• 4 beat in egg and vanilla until incorporated, reduce speed to low and add flour mixture.
• 5 mix until dough forms (about 1 minute).
• 6 "for the topping".
• 7 heat chocolate and milk in saucepan over low heat until chocolate is melted (about 5 minutes)the mixture should have the consistency of mayonnaise.
• 8 off heat, stir in reserved cherry juice. cover and keep warm.
• 9 "to finish".
• 10 adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 11 roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on 2 rimmed baking sheets.
• 12 using thumb, make indentation in center of each cookie and place 1 cherry in each indentation.
• 13 top each cherry with 1 teaspoons of warm chocolate mixture.
• 14 bake until cookies are just set (10-12 minutes) switching and rotating sheets about halfway through baking.
• 15 transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
• 16 repeat with remaining dough.