Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cups butter
• 1 egg
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 jar maraschino cherries , 10 ounce
• 0.5 cups sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

2. 2

   Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until smooth. Roll dough into walnut-size balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each cookie.

3. 3

   Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in the indentation of each cookie ball.

4. 4

   Combine chocolate chips with condensed milk in a saucepan over low heat; stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Drizzle or spoon about 1 teaspoon of chocolate cherry mixture over each cherry to cover.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated for 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.