Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

1-1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter or margarine, (softened)

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 tsp baking powder

1-1/2 tsp vanilla

1-10 oz jar maraschino cherries (about 48)

1-6 oz package chocolate chips

1/2 cup Eagle Brand sweetened milk

In large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

Set aside.

In mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugar on low speed until fluffy.

Add egg and vanilla: beat well.

Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture: beat until well blended.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Press down center of dough with thumb.

Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice.

Place a cherry in the center of each cookie.

In small saucepan, combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk.

Stir until chocolate is melted.

Stir in 4 tsp of the reserved cherry juice.

Spoon about 1 tsp frosting over each cherry.

(Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary.)

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Cool.

Makes 4 dozen cookies. 

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