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chocolate covered cherry cookies

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Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Cherie Szilvagyi
@cheries001
Deckerville, MI

So many good recipes handed down through the generations. Grandma Lawrence used to make this one each Christmas. Part of her cookie tray platter and a well loved favorite.

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Blue Ribbon Recipe

So yummy....with all that beloved flavor of a chocolate covered cherry! Even better, these cookies are easier to prepare than the candies. 

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(6)
yield 20 to 25
prep time 25 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For chocolate covered cherry cookies

  • COOKIE DOUGH
  • 1/2 c
    plus 1 tablespoon softened butter
  • 3/4 c
    powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp
    vanilla
  • 3 Tbsp
    hershey's cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch
    salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    milk or what is needed to make the dough dry but stick together.
  • 1 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1 jar
    maraschino cherries without the stems
  • FROSTING
  • 1 can
    chocolate frosting, warmed

How To Make chocolate covered cherry cookies

  • 1
    Dry maraschino cherries in a towel and let set out a while to dry well.
  • 2
    Combine all other ingredients and mix well in mixer. (Add just enough milk to make the dough very dry but still stick together.)
  • 3
    Pinch off a teaspoon of the cookie dough and roll into a ball and then flatten in your hands. Put a cherry in the middle of the cookie dough disk and close the dough around the cherry and form into a ball...sealing cherry inside completely. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees on an ungreased baking sheet.
  • 4
    Dip baked cookies in warm chocolate frosting and top with chopped nuts, colorful sprinkles or decorate with corresponding frosting swirls.
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