Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chocolate covered cherry cookies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chocolate covered cherry cookies is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Chocolate covered cherry cookies is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
For frosting, melt chocolate chips in milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add cherry juice and stir until smooth. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. In a small saucepan combine the chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk; heat until chocolate is melted.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chocolate covered cherry cookies using 14 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate covered cherry cookies:
- Make ready 1/2 cup butter
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 egg
- Get 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- Take 1 1/2 cups flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- Take 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- Get 48 maraschino cherries, blotted dry
- Take Frosting:
- Make ready 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Take 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- Get 1-3 tsp. maraschino cherry juice
Refrigerate for an hour, or until firm and cold. Wrap the cookie dough around the cherry so that it is completely covered and again in the shape of a ball. If using sugar crystals, pour them into a small bowl. Press each cookie dough ball into the sugar, so that the top is coated.
Steps to make Chocolate covered cherry cookies:
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing between each addition (batter will be very firm). Shape into 48 balls, about 1 inch round, and place on ungreased cookie sheets (I line mine with parchment paper). Push 1 cherry halfway into each ball.
- For frosting, melt chocolate chips and milk in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add cherry juice and stir until smooth. Spoon 1 tsp. of frosting over each cherry (the frosting will spread over cookie during baking). Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. I put mine in for 12. Cool on wire racks.
If using sugar crystals, pour them into a small bowl. Press each cookie dough ball into the sugar, so that the top is coated. Place the cookie balls back on the baking sheets, sugar-side up. Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies are delectable, delicate, and doable with your kids! They represent the state of Washington where the majority of sweet cherries are grown and, like each of the recipes in "A Taste of America", have both a niche for special holidays and everyday occasions alike.
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