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I slightly adapted this wonderful cookie recipe. Original recipe and photo
from the
Northwest Cherry Growers. These cookies are so good that you will think you are eating candy.
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Cherry Bon Bon Cookies Recipe
Recipe Type:
Cookies,
Christmas Cookie,
Chocolate,
Cherries
Yields: 48 cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose
flour
1/2 cup
unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated
sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons
baking powder
1 large
egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons cherry flavoring (optional)
48 fresh sweet
cherries, pitted*
1 (6-ounce) package semi-sweet
chocolate chips
1/2 cup
sweetened condensed milk
* If you cannot get fresh cherries,
well-drained maraschino cherries may be substituted
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, combine flour and cocoa; set aside.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, and baking powder until blended. Add egg, vanilla extract, and cherry flavoring;
beat until well combined. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 1/2-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press down center of each ball with thumb to create a small hollow;
fill each center with a cherry.
In small pan over low heat, combine chocolate chips and condensed milk; heat until chocolate is melted. Spoon about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture over each cherry, spreading to
cover cherry.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Remove to wire cooling racks and cool.
Yields 48 cookies.
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