Divine fudge brownie dough wrapped around a maraschino cherry, then baked in cookie form to be topped off with some more chocolate! Great for the holidays!
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cherry, chocolate, christmas cookies, cookies, valentine's day
Servings: 24Servings
Calories:
Author: Kim Lange
Ingredients
½cupunsalted buttersoftened
1cupgranulated sugar
½cupunsweetened cocoa powder
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonbaking powder
1 ½teaspoonvanilla extractor use the maraschino cherry juice for extra cherry flavor
1largeegg
1 ½cupall-purpose flour
4oz. whole maraschino cherriesdrained well
For Frosting
½cup semi-sweet chocolate chipsor dark chocolate chips
Drain the cherries well and let them sit in a sieve, then blot them dry with paper towel, while you make the cookie dough.
Using a mixer, cream together the first 8 ingredients until well-combined (butter, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla and egg)
Add flour gradually and mix together until just combined and you have a soft dough.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls, then flatten slightly in your hand. Place a cherry in the center of the dough round, then shape the dough around the cherry. You can also use a medium sized cookie scoop and scoop dough, add cherry and middle and add a little dough on top of cherry and drop on the parchment paper.
Bake 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 mins, being careful not to over-bake as they will crumble if they get too done.
Let cookies cool a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Meanwhile, microwave chocolate chips and shortening for 20 second intervals, stirring between each, until the chocolate is smooth.
Dip the tops of the cooled cookies in the frosting and let harden or drizzle.
Notes
You can also add the cherries to the top of the cookies and press into the dough, so it looks like a thumbprint cookie and then bake. Drizzle chocolate.