1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Cocoa powder (unsweetened) 1 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt 1 Egg
1/4 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 ts Vanilla
1/4 ts Baking soda 6 oz Semi sweet chocolate chips
10 oz Marachino cherries w/liquid 1/2 c Sweetened condensed milk
Combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder & soda. Set aside. Drain the
cherries, reserving juice, set aside. Beat butter in large bowl with
electic mixer at medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and beat until
fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beating well. Gradually add the dry
ingredients, beating until well combined. Shape dough into 1″ balls.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press down on the center of each
cookie with thumb. Fill with a drained cherry. In a small saucepan,
combine chocolate chips and condensed milk. Stir over low heat until
melted. Stir in 4 t. of reserved cherry juice. Spoon 1 tsp of
frosting onto each cookie, spreading to cover cherry. Thin with more
juice if necessary. Bake at 350? for 10 minutes. Cool. *P Debbie
Puente GCHM44A 02/24/93
Yields
40 servings